After professional wrestling ring announcer and musician Samantha Irvin departed from WWE, people speculated she would join the AEW (All Elite Wrestling), where her fiancée Ricochet works.
However, Trevor Dean Mann, aka Ricochet, broke the people’s last hope by confirming that his fiancee, Samantha Irvin, would not join the AEW.
In a Twitter post, Council DM Lunga had guaranteed with his speculation that Samantha would appear in AEW.
Guaranteed this is why. @SamanthaTheBomb will show up in AEW or at the very least take time off and just travel with @KingRicochet
— Council DM Lunga (@DNDMLunga) October 21, 2024
No hate, more power to her if that's the case, but we'll miss her. https://t.co/AkLlCSYnkl
He also said if that is not going to happen, she will take time off and travel with her fiance, Ricochet, while tagging both personalities.
After some time, AWE wrestler Ricochet replied to his post, saying, “Haha, she’s not coming to AEW. You can all rest easy. 😂”
Samantha Irvin Left WWE Raw After Working for Around Three Years!
Social media personality and musician Samantha Irvin received worldwide popularity after joining WWE Raw as the ring announcer in April 2021.
According to various sources, Samantha Irvin was arguably the most popular ring announcer off WWE Raw after Howard Finkel, a professional wrestler and ring announcer. Sadly, Finkel passed away on April 16, 2020, at 69.
During her tenure at WWE, she became every wrestler’s fan favorite announcer and received lots of love. When she first joined the network, she was the announcer for 205 Live, and later, she joined NXT.
After her popularity, they promoted her to SmackDown in January 2022.
Similarly, in February 2023, she started working for WWE RAW, notably introducing 14 matches across two nights at WWE WrestleMania 40 in April.
As she had achieved considerable success in WWE, many people thought that Samantha would work for WWE for at least a decade.
However, Samantha Irvin’s WWE departure announcement via Twitter, where she had worked for three years, shocked many of her fans.
In the Twitter post, she confirmed,
“WWE Universe, my time has come to an end as your Monday Night Raw Ring Announcer. I love you all, tremendously and this does not mark the end of my art, I have a lifetime more to say. Than You to every WWE fan who accepted me.”
After confirming her departure, WWE has yet to confirm who will replace her as a ring announcer.
In Case You Don’t Know
- Samantha Johnson, aka Samantha Irvin, was born on January 9, 1989, the eldest of six siblings.
- Besides being famous as a Ring announcer, Samantha Irvin is a famous musician. She has released music under her real name, Samantha Johnson.
- She had started studying classical music at age four. She competes in classical flute at a national level.
