Samantha Irvin shocked the world last month when she announced that she was stepping down from her role as a ring announcer and leaving WWE. Since then Irvin has been actively responding to fans who criticize her decision to leave the company on social media.
In one of her posts Irvin revealed that she didn’t like ring announcing when she wrote, “I don’t like announcing. I’m serious! Announcing was only supposed to be my way in. I wanted to manage, maybe even become general manager one day. But WWE saw no other future for me besides announcer. I love watching the action but I don’t love being an announcer.”
Irvin also responded to fans who claimed Ricochet couldn’t hang in the big leagues when she posted a comment that said, “Also, they wanted Rico to stay in the big leagues. I don’t know why everyone pretending like he was always in great positions at WWE 100. My husband is a millionaire so yes, I don’t have to do a job I don’t like anymore.”
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that many people in WWE respected Samantha Irvin’s decision to leave. However, it’s being said that some were not happy about the posts that were made, but they couldn’t force her to take them down because she is no longer with the company.
Someone in WWE noted that Jade Cargill got the same type of reaction when she left AEW for WWE, but Jade didn’t react because WWE doesn’t allow talent to respond to fans in that realm. If they do respond most of the time they will be told to take it down.
At one point during her exchanges with fans on social media Samantha Irvin also wrote, “I am so glad I don’t have a boss anymore so I can say this. Shut the f*** upppppp. Woohoo feels great.”
It was noted that WWE does not allow talent to respond to fans in that way.
