Samantha Irvin Responds To Claim That She Burned Her Bridge With WWE

Samantha Irvin first signed with WWE in 2021, but her run with the company officially came to an end last month when she announced her departure. Since then Irvin has stated that ring announcing simply wasn’t something she enjoyed doing and she’s been openly engaging with fans on social media.

Recently a fan on X asked Samantha Irvin if she’s calmed down after “burning all the bridges” and she responded with a comment that said, “So funny I asked Grok today what bad thing I said about WWE since I have no idea what everyone is talking about :)”

Samantha Irvin then went on to respond to another fan when she added, “if people can’t see how I tried to sprinkle some Robin Williams on the announcing to make it something I could enjoy, they weren’t really seeing ME. They were just seeing an announcer- and so I can understand why me not liking memorizing stats and reciting match rules with no cards on live television would offend someone (kind of)…

The backlash showed me that it wasn’t me they liked all along (which I already knew).

Now the people that really enjoyed MY PERFORMANCE are being super cool about me not really digging the career path of an announcer and sticking to what my career has been all along, making art and performing ❤️”

When Samantha Irvin first announced her departure many fans speculated that she might be looking to join Ricochet in AEW, but Ricochet has already made it clear that she won’t be joining All Elite Wrestling. Ricochet also recently elaborated on Irvin’s reasons for leaving WWE and you can get more on that here.