Former WWE Name Addresses Claim That They’ve Burned Their Bridges

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Samantha Irvin has responded to a claim that she and Ricochet has burned her bridges with WWE, following her departure from the company.

With Irvin establishing herself as a popular ring announcer, many WWE fans were initially confused when she announced her departure in October.

Irvin has since admitted that she didn’t enjoy announcing, and originally wanted a different WWE role.

Irvin has now replied to a comment on Twitter claiming that she and her partner Ricochet have been “burning all the bridges”, responding:

So funny I asked Grok today what bad thing I said about WWE since I have no idea what everyone is talking about 🙂

When another Twitter user suggested that the original commenter may have been referring to her comments about not loving announcing, Irvin wrote:

“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 ❤️

Irvin’s fiancé Ricochet left WWE at the end of June, and made his AEW debut at All In London in late-August.

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…

— Samantha (@SamanthaTheBomb) November 17, 2024

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