Samantha Irvin: It’s a ‘guarantee’ that I’ll be back in wrestling at some point

Former WWE ring announcer Samantha Irvin is certain that she’ll be involved in the pro wrestling industry again at some point.

In an interview with USA Today, Irvin said it’s a “guarantee” that she’ll be back in wrestling again one day. She did not mention anything about the timing for when a return could happen or what she envisions her role would be.

“That’s a guarantee. My wrestling career has barely even begun,” Irvin said. “I think it would be an absolute waste of everything that I’ve done so far to not continue the story. I gotta finish my story.”

Irvin said she can’t wait to work with her husband Ricochet (who is currently in AEW) again in the future.

In October 2024, Irvin announced her departure from WWE. Despite receiving high praise for her work within the company and from fans, Irvin knew that she did not want to be a ring announcer for the rest of her life. She is now releasing music under the name Samantha The Bomb with her single “Make Me” set to debut on February 14.

“It just became more and more sad as time went on, because it’s like, ‘Wow, am I just not a singer anymore? Like, what am I doing?’ I know that I am a performer and being a ring announcer on WWE, it was the performance of a lifetime,” she told USA Today. “But then when people stopped calling me for singing gigs, and now they’re asking me to announce everything, I said, ‘Oh no, I took it too far.’ I was like, man, like, this cannot be forever.”

Irvin said there were no hard feelings when she left WWE, and she appreciates that her time as a ring announcer gave her an audience that cares about her.

Real name Samantha Johnson, Irvin appeared as a singer on “America’s Got Talent” prior to joining WWE in 2021.