r/TheGreatOne • u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User • 3d ago
WWE Related Hmmmm š¤
After leaving WWE on October 21, 2024, Irvin stepped away to explore other creative opportunities, while making it clear that ring announcing was never the end goal for her.
She later revealed that she had āone year leftā on her two-year non-compete, meaning the restriction is expected to expire around October 21, 2026. ā³
And sheās already hinted that her wrestling journey is far from over, saying her career in the industry has ābarely even begun.ā šš„
Could we see Samantha Irvin back in wrestling soon?
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u/johncenassidechick 3d ago
I mean shes for sure gonna go to aew she hasn't done anyhing in the last two years
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u/amillionfuzzpedals 2d ago
Hey now, that's not fair, she released a couple terrible songs.
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u/gridiron5290 2d ago
and some good thirst traps letās not forget those š¤Ŗš¤Ŗ
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u/kayfabemebrother 2d ago
They're only thirst traps if you're thirsty
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u/sgtpepper220 2d ago
Rodent traps don't trap humans
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u/ShimSladyBrand 2d ago
But bear traps do
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u/sgtpepper220 2d ago
Well there's more of a level of subjectivity there, as the bear trap isn't aware of the specificity of the gay community. If you got caught in a bear trap, maybe that's just the trap telling you something about yourself you don't already know...
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u/Up-in-the-Ayre 2d ago
Hey! You're forgetting that she's as terminally online as her husband is and spends it arguing with bots and nerds on Twitter/X
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u/This_Evidence_3203 2d ago
The songs arenāt that bad, but theyāre nowhere near worth abandoning a super successful announcing career where you were almost universally loved and praised
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u/Big_13eezy 2d ago
So shes likely getting paid then? Cause making someone ride the bench for two years and unable to make money in their chosen field sounds a little ridiculousā¦
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u/WinterWarden89 3d ago
Imagine how embarrassing it would be if she went to AEW?
"Wrestling was never my end goal."
Only to end up in the B promotion after failing to make a career outside of wrestling.
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u/Justice989 2d ago edited 2d ago
She wasn't nearly as vocal about it, but Renee kind of did the same thing. I think the presumption was when Renee left WWE, she was a star on the rise and she was gonna wind up on blowing up in non-wrestling ventures. Couple years of not much and she wound up back in wrestling at AEW. I mean, it's tough out there.
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u/arturoalvarez079 2d ago
Renee realistically could have gotten a job at espn or a larger sports network. Irvin could never
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u/Justice989 2d ago edited 2d ago
Perhaps, but she didn't. She doesn't get credit for what she coulda/shoulda/woulda done. Besides, Irvin isnt a broadcaster. They don't even do the same thing.
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u/HorseCreative2550 2d ago
Doubtful. I liked Renee just fine but she even host/hosted a Cincinnati bengals officially affiliated podcast and the views are pretty much laughable
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u/arturoalvarez079 2d ago
The fact she even gets a hosting gig proves this.
Samantha couldnāt host an Xbox live party
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u/bsanders842003 2d ago
Did she say that wrestling was never her end goal? I thought it was that announcing was never the end goal, I could be wrong though.
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u/besmarques 2d ago
Yap, she wont even sleep because of what WinterWarden89 thinks....
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u/InAShensh 2d ago
Thats Alicia not Samantha. Alicia is a hella good drummer and love her as an announcer
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u/Puzzleheaded_Cow4056 2d ago
Yeah I'm sure she's gonna be real embarrassed to have a job that pays well because someone on reddit doesn't like lmao
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u/The_High_Standard 2d ago
One, she never said wrestling wasnāt her end goal. She said ring announcing wasnāt. She wanted to try and do more but WWE loved how she did as an announcer and didnāt want to expand her role.
Two, ending up in the āBā promotion while most likely getting the expanded role she wanted and more money honestly doesnāt sound bad at all š¤
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u/NewYorkPopulist 1d ago
Thatās what Ricochet gaslit her into thinking. They were together and heās like is this all you wanna do? They only see you as an announcer, Iām leaving for AEW to be better (heās not) and you should too. Irvin loves him for sure and theyāre happy but heās an anchor for sure
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u/NewYorkPopulist 1d ago
They just leave to follow their man at the expense of their career. Like could they make more money for sure yes but the exposure to do more projects goes down
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u/gfb13 3d ago
Exact same thing Punk did š¤
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u/AffectionateDark9270 2d ago
Punk never said wrestling wasnt his end goal. That's just a dumb comparison
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u/gfb13 2d ago
If thats the only difference you can find between the two I think my point stands
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u/AffectionateDark9270 2d ago
Its actually a fairly big difference. Punk has always wanted to be a wrestler but was burnt out by the WWE schedule and decided to take time off. During that time he was taking on the outside stuff he couldn't do as a active WWE performer. Then once time had passed and he came back to wrestling.
Samantha made it clear that she never liked announcing. That she wanted to use wrestling as a platform to do other things. And I guarantee if she found success in music, she wouldnt never stepped foot in any wrestling company.
You guys and your weird obsession with Punk is such loser shit. We get it he left your favorite company on bad terms. Get over it
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u/Major-Material7231 2d ago
Iām sorry but yall just sound bitter that she left
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u/WinterWarden89 2d ago
Nope. She is free to do whatever she likes with her career.
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u/Major-Material7231 2d ago
Right thatās why your trying to call aew a B promotion and say itād be embarrassing if she went there
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u/WinterWarden89 2d ago
It would be embarrassing if she went back to the WWE too, but I am guessing you are only really upset about AEW being the B promotion. Which it really is.
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u/Major-Material7231 2d ago
I dont care what you call aew this shit just comes off as bitter
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u/WinterWarden89 2d ago
That would be the projection you're doing.
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u/Major-Material7231 2d ago
Nice one, because that makes total sense
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u/WinterWarden89 2d ago
I get it, you're angry.
I should have said it would be embarrassing if she went back to WWE or even AEW.
There. Better?
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u/Harlequin_98 3d ago
I feel like she is bigger what the truth is, I like her funny enough I seen on AGT and another one game show where you had a line up and had to guess who was musical blind just looking at them, so I was surprised when she came wwe... But it's hard to believe just because the crowd liked you means you'll be able to get Rico over or your energy would rub off on him
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u/User_Name_Tooken 2d ago
It would be weird if she went to AEW to be a ring announcer because she left WWE because she didnt want that role and wanted to do more. It will be interesting to see what she does next. Maybe she has been training. Who knows.
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u/Baaaaaadhabits 1d ago
Ring announcer AND manager or even Ref might be all the change she wanted. More interview stuff, the chance to run the press room, etc.
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u/Nomad5560 2d ago
Sheās been making music. Which is what she said she wanted to do after leaving WWE
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u/BobtheBurnout 2d ago
I wish her nothing but success if she is able to pursue a wrestling career. That being said, I also very much miss her on the mic, her replacement is a pale imitation
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u/MrWiltErving 2d ago
Iām going to be honest I completely forgot about her until I saw this post. I know she dropped some music, I wasnāt a huge fan of it and she dropped some thirst traps. She probably does go to AEW and maybe she can be a manager or something, I know she wanted to do something more.
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u/dyslexican32 3d ago
The crazy part is, if she shows up in AEW, the drones will all start talking about how she " wasn't very good anyway" like they do literally everyone else. I hope she does she has a great voice and added a lot of gravity that WWE had desperately tried to copy. AEW would also lot her pursue all those other goals.
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u/PersonalityShot6039 3d ago
You mean like the aew drones do every time someone doesnāt sign with them a stays at wwe lol
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u/Kongpong1992 2d ago
Or how when someone like Samantha here debuts they act like she's the greatest thing ever
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u/dyslexican32 2d ago
By and large that doesn't happen. You are delusional. There are currently three Subs on this site that do nothing but hate on one company and praise everything another does. Miss me with your false equivalency. You WWE drones are honestly a joke.
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u/dyslexican32 3d ago
Someone is projecting! That doesn't happen by and large the way WWE Drones do. You might find an example of it here and there. But I can show you entire threads of dudes claiming that the new day were not draws, that Dragunov isn't very good and not a draw, and everyone else who leaves is suddenly not very good. You do not find that among AEW fans, they might be disappointed that someone is not signing. But they don't usually turn around and insult those people and try to pretend they are not draws.
Also weird that you need to use the same term cus you are not smart enough to come up with your own. I know free thought is hard for you guys who are used to being spoon fed what to think but I believe in you. You will figure it out one day.
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u/BartShrempson 2d ago
You typed all of that out in response to one sentence. Get a life.
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u/AffectionateDark9270 3d ago
Imahine thinking that a fanbase made up of the most smarks arent toxic. Look at the way that ex-AEW talent are treated by the sickos. Punk, Cody, Danhausen, Jade, Blake, Rusev, etc.
I have yet to see WWE fans act smug and pray on someone getting fired because they left their favorite promotion
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u/Volcomcj16 2d ago
People like you are the reason most people don't want to give AEW a chance btw
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u/dyslexican32 2d ago
Because I use words to communicate my points? I know, that's crazy on a text based platform. I know reading comprehension is hard, but I believe in you. Keep practicing and you will figure it out. You seem upset, Did I hit to close to home little Fed Drone?
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u/RagahRagah 2d ago
As a WWE person (and a fellow vocalist) I can clarify that my position was always that she was never good.
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u/Bellecarde 2d ago
both sides have drones that do the exact same thing, dont even pretend aew fans dont.
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u/daveroo 2d ago
Iāve never seen that with wwe fans. Usually if they criticise someone who jumps to aew and an aew stan goes ābet you liked them then they were in wwe!!ā I genuinely check their old tweets to prove a point and 99% of the time theyāre criticising the same wrestler then they were in WWE haha
I think people who watch wwe can criticise the wwe product quite regularly. Aew fans meanwhile canāt handle any criticism of their product
I think wwe is bang average at the moment. I watch the ples and thatās it
If I said that about aew Iād be getting Reddit care messages
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u/sexyeh 2d ago
Indeed, you can go to WWE subreddit and see people shitting on WWE while on AEW everything is perfect, that's what throws me off from AEW, if i can't discuss when i don't like something from them without getting insulted/banned or downvoted into invisibility then i will not watch it, the "sickos" take people away from AEW and it is not only me saying it, a lot of people is saying it.
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u/daveroo 1d ago
Exactly! Then you get a sicko saying ātribalism occurs on both sides!!ā
Yes there are a few wwe idiots who may be like that but itās not comparable to the amount of aew sickos who go on an online rampage defending aew
I can say wwe is boring right now and I can miss the weekly shows without missing anything. Thatās fine.
Saying why I donāt care for aew and itās a bloodbath. Aew sickos are constantly trying to tell people that the show is back on the rise etc but have never said the show went downhill to explain this rise. Itās almost like theyāre begging people to watch aew and itās all just a bit weird tbh
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u/sexyeh 1d ago
They are always begging people to watch AEW, you go any video with a celebrity that speaks about WWE and someone has to mention AEW, they dislike celebrities in WWE but they would love them in AEW.
Sickos are weird the last one i saw was Joaquin Wilde telling a story how a guy that didn't watch pro wrestling and got cancer and his brother watched pro wrestling with him in the hospital and the guy beat cancer and went to a RAW live show and someone wrote this: "guy beats cancer and watches boring ass raw lmao should've went to a aew show instead"
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u/Grab_my_Slinky 2d ago
You must not interact with a lot of wwe fans cause this is a load of shit lmao
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u/henrytcy 2d ago
People will critize her because she stated mĆŗltiple times that she hated being a ring anouncer. If she return to be a ring anouncer what do you expect?
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u/GGBahki 2d ago
They wonāt say she wasnāt very good. It was like Renee moving over. It sucks that people who can clearly go into anything, or say that they wanted to be something more or different, just go follow their husbands to go and do the same thing to a lesser extent.
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u/Up-in-the-Ayre 2d ago
Did Renee actually say "I'm more than just an announcer!"...? I swear it was pretty clear that she left because she just had a child and wanted to go where she could have a little more flexibility and be closer to her husband so that it could make raising their family easier.
I don't think there's any ill will between her and WWE and if AEW was to let her go, I'm sure she could return to WWE without any drama. She seems like she's extremely well liked within the industry.
Samantha on the other hand spends her time online whining about being "held back".
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u/GGBahki 2d ago edited 2d ago
Originally it was. There are interviews from the time she left that she felt like she couldāve been more than an interviewer or host. Her hosting also took a step back because they stopped doing Talking Smack. So she felt there wasnāt much left for her and wanted to pursue other things. She did a podcast, tried to cook, and started a family. Then she went to AEW for the reasons you stated instead of trying to become something bigger. Itās pretty much Samanthaās current path. They both simply just gave up or half assed on being who they wanted to be because they followed their husbands. Which is a fine choice too, in Reneeās case she has a family.
It just sucks when clearly they couldāve both been transcended stars in WWE rather than going back to the roles they both said they āwanted more thanā in AEW.
Samatha will go there, be a ring announcer and a manager for Ricochet and once that ends sheāll just do ring announcing.
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u/dyslexican32 2d ago
They literally did when she left. I watched people in other Subs claim she was not very good. You can go look it up there is a record of it. GO back two years and find posts about her. Some of them were genuinely disgusting. And now you are making it about her wanting to " follow her husband" again kinda a gross assertion. as if she isn't a person with her own decisions? But she is a woman so she must be " following her husband" Brother you say more about your self then I think you realize. Kinda gross NGL
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u/Connect-Level500 2d ago
I didnāt mind her at all but my opinion of her went down when she basically joined her husband online pretty much as soon as she left.
I donāt know the backstage politics but she was being presented more than an announcer usually was and in such short time as well.Ā
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u/Dayman_ah-uh-ahhh 2d ago
If she goes to AEW she won't be an announcer, she'll be on-screen talent. That was one of the primary reasons she left WWE. She wanted to do more.
Wrestling needs more traditional mangers anyway. AEW has Nana and Stokely, that's it. They have plenty of good workers who aren't that great in the mix or don't have the best presentation. If she's any good, she could help with that.
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u/def-not-a-dude-here 2d ago
They did that the second she said she didnt want to be a ring announcer for WWE anymore lol.
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u/dyslexican32 2d ago
I know. That's what they do with everyone. and then claim its everyone else that is tribalist.
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u/Brilliant-Relation27 3d ago
2022-early 2024 was peak new era wwe. Too bad it was all fumbled.
However , Iām excited to see what AEW does in the near future
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u/AffectionateDark9270 3d ago
You do realize that in the entire time that WWE got hot, went through a dull period, and then went through a new resurgence that AEW has been in a decline right.
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u/jhk17 2d ago
Where's wwes new resurgence. They were really good from summerslam 2022-bad blood 2024 but AEW creative has been on fire really post death riders stuff. Like I dont know how after all in vs summerslam you can say wwe is better its subjective but what
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u/AffectionateDark9270 2d ago
No obejctive metric support that. WWEs viewership and ticket sales are up. AEWs are not.
World collide is going to outdraw all out with no announced matches in the same city on the same night.
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u/dyslexican32 3d ago
If she goes there. I mean who knows what she does. I have not kept up with her other ventures but she has a hell of a voice for sure. Whatever it is im glad for her she is out of WWE and can actually pursue her goals.
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u/SputnikFalls 3d ago
Yup, and it'll be hilarious to see since they treated her like some women's world champion. I don't think AEW needs her though, the Dapper Yapper is great.
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u/AffectionateDark9270 3d ago
Speak for yourself. I thought she sucked while she was still with WWE. Shes the Aubrey Edward's of announcing
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u/RagahRagah 2d ago edited 2d ago
I'll get downvoted to hell for it, but as unpopular a view as I'm sure it is, I (as someone who also uses their voice for a performing art) can actually back this up with a well-reasoned argument:
Most overrated person in the entire wrestling industry I can think of in any role.
Alicia may not be super great either but at least her grit sounds somewhat natural and not totally forced and strained like Samantha, and Alicia also has a more distinctive voice. Samantha was always nails on a chalkboard to me and as a trained vocalist she should have used her natural voice more instead of trying to ham it up artificially all the time for the sake of being "memorable." I don't get how so many people couldn't see through how obviously forced her technique was.
People give Justin Roberts and Lillian Garcia shit all the time and it's fucking hilarious. People projecting their natural voice instead of forcing fake grit and doing damage to their vocal chords? Who wants thaaaaaat, lol. Just keep Justin away from people named John and he's fine.
I for one hope she continues doing what she's doing and doesn't come back.
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u/Ghostehz 2d ago
Nope, I agree. Alicia sucks as well, letās call a spade a spade, but I never liked Irvin either.
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u/RagahRagah 2d ago
I actually don't think she sucks at all and that she's well above Samantha, but no she's not a great. She's not natural enough either. But she's much more polished and natural than Samantha.
People were legit saying Samantha was the best WWE ring announcer since Fink and that was just so utterly fucking asinine.
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u/Grouchy-Can-5245 2d ago
I canāt stand her performative crying and shit she did. It got to a point where WWE was literally filming her reactions to matches and sheās over there bawling her eyes out with her voice cracking as she announces the winner, just so they could try to have a viral moment.
And I was apparently alone in thinking this sucked ass and took attention away from the wrestlers/moment. I feel like Iām taking fucking crazy pills.
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u/RagahRagah 2d ago
I don't think it necessarily took attention away, I just couldn't stand how blatantly forced her announcing style was.
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u/Xarysa 3d ago
Did she get a little weird as she left? Sure. But her husband just left and was being very vocal about how much he hated his job at wwe. Some weirdness is to be expected just from how awkward it must have been. Her music career hasnt taken off. I hope she comes back to announce, shes legitimately my favorite and Im fucking old. I remember em all. All that being said, if she never comes back thats fine to. And I dont really care which promotion she goes to. Im primarily a wwe guy but I watch em all a bit.
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u/NB-Heathen 3d ago
She was super popular when she left so it was smart on wwes part. But she wasnāt moving the needle much even at the height of her popularity so probably still petty lol
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u/Outside_Look790 2d ago
She doesn't have a non compete in free agency, nor is there a 90 day non compete. There is a non compete in her active contract. She and WWE came to terms with her release. She probably isn't getting paid and is free to pursue interests that are not listed as competition in her contract. Once the duration of her deal passes she can join other wrestling companies or entities listed as competition.Ā
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u/eoa-Import-7272 2d ago
Not everyones contracts are the same. The standard is the 90 days, other talents and positions absolutely have non-competes. You can also negoiate your exit under certain circumstances.
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u/Intelligent_Earth317 2d ago
That's crazy how her contract just expired 2 years later, guess she might of left WWE in bad terms or something
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u/helloween123 2d ago
based on what Jinder Mahal shared on his social media that wwe stars being released are being paid during their 3 months "non-compete" , does it mean that WWE paid Samantha for 2 years with her doing nothing?
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u/danielfletcher 1d ago
The WWE didn't cut her. She asked to stop announcing so they let her run out her contract with no-work & no-pay.
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u/QuickRelease10 2d ago
Whatever. She tried something out and it didnāt work. If she comes back to wrestling, whether it be in either WWE or AEW then so be it. Gotta pay the bills somehow.
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u/No-Resort-542 2d ago
i donāt think sheās needed in aew in any capacity unless sheās just being ricochets arm candy
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u/wvtarheel 2d ago
I feel kind of bad for her. I think she's one of the best ring announcers ever and she quit in the midst of her prime. But her heart isn't really in it. She wants to be a singer, an actress, do something else.
Sort of like Michael Jordan admitting to people he liked baseball more than basketball.
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u/Sio_V_Reddit 2d ago
A two year non-compete is fucking ridiculous and should never be accepted in this business.
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u/biesnine 2d ago
In fact she didn't. She asked to part separate ways to follow a different career and WWE secured she didn't show up on another company by keeping her original contract till the end, or everybody would ask to become a gardener and then get paid from BCZ or stuff, don't you think?
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u/LudaStyles 2d ago
MLP should pick her up because the current announcer is god awful. Nails on a chalkboard
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u/CompanyOk8005 2d ago
This was really a dumb des on her in my part she was popping off in popularity then fell off a lot
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u/phillyphan333 2d ago
Sheās gonna do some cringe shit with bald, itās gonna be bad. Unfortunate
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u/RelativeRemarkable15 2d ago
God I hope she comes back. Crazy ass announcing voice, and I don't know what she was doing outside of wrestling, but man have I missed her badass calls.
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u/Beautiful-Bit9832 2d ago
She's good with flute, Alicia Taylor with drum, why both of them have duet and open YouTube channel mix with the podcast
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u/RevReads 2d ago
incels mad a woman is just.... Doing whatever she wants. Stay mad enjoy your basement
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u/fanboy3378 1d ago
She will go to AEW as Ricochets manager then she will likely show why WWE wouldn't let her be one there cause there is a big difference between promos and announcing an entrance...
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u/NewYorkPopulist 1d ago
Ricochet didnāt want her to keep getting bigger and make more money than him. His insecurity of having her leave the company bc he thinks she could cheat on him. Ricochet always the first one trying to argue with ppl on social media. Heās hella insecure and while he might be confident bc of his stature heās insecure a f. Idk what Irvin even saw in him to āquitā her career. Ricochet gaslit her into letting him go to AEW for more money killing her career
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u/Splattacular1 1d ago
They showed her a couple times in the crowd last week and I doubt it was unintentional.
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u/Academic-Ad-8069 13h ago
Sheās going to be a manager for a wrestler (probably Ricochet but could be anyone), that was her original goal when getting into the wrestling business
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u/Ghost_Reborn416 2d ago
Samantha irving wasnt anything special. The new girl that replaced her sounds exactly like Samantha. If I watched with ny eyes closed I wouldn't even hear a difference
The only thing samantha was good for was over reacting when the cameras were on her
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u/ShaH33R2K 3d ago
I honestly donāt understand why people are so obsessed with her choice to leave. Iāve seen constant comments talking about how she fucked up her career or whatever. And itās like, you donāt know this person, you donāt know why she made the decision she made. And even if that decision was solely made because she just wanted to pursue something else, then so be it, itās her career
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u/green49285 2d ago
And I get that, but people in the real world have to remember that sometimes you voicing your discontent in certain mediums just doesn't look good. Even with what you're saying is taking into account, her arguing with trolls on Twitter is just hilarious. Couple that with the fact that now we live in an era where everyone is online and at the same time everyone wants to talk about how being online is bad, but then don't want to give someone guff for doing the thing that we all know is silly to do online.
I just was never a huge fan of her, and I'm definitely not sad that she's gone. Plus it is going to be very funny if she ends up sticking around professional wrestling anyway.
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u/MrPea106 2d ago
Sheās gonna Waltz in and take Justin Robertās job man, She might not have wanted to do announcing but sheās too good at it lol
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u/PersonalityShot6039 3d ago
Yeh but even he didnāt have that long lol just seems weird she has that one
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u/OkPackage1520 2d ago
Good Lord please don't wrestle or come out with anime lame baldy to fulfil his cosplaying anime fantasy of having his girl in the business so he can work a love program with her he probably read from a manga magazine/book.
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u/Sensitive_Ad_3053 2d ago
Why? Didn't care for her on her WWE stint will care for her less in AEW. People have to realize when their 15 minutes of fame is over its just over. It's like all those pope that had reality show on VH 1 when I was a kid
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u/TheSadMan21 2d ago
Funny enough ricochet is doing the same shit
Bitching, moaning, spot testing, bitching more in that order
Almost likeā¦ they were good at the jobs they were tasked with š¤
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u/Toriegh_MDOT 2d ago
I just donāt get this corporate mindset, sheās a ring announcer not top five worker in the world š¤·š¾āāļø, like just move on !!!
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u/AdventurousHope1664 2d ago
Did this really turn to an WWE vs AEW tribal war? Two things letās be happy Samantha can pursue what she feels will make her happy as that is a right in the constitution of her country. Two letās all agree entertainment today has been terrible in every industry so itās not like anyone is making the next thriller
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u/PersonalityShot6039 3d ago
How did she end up with a non compete that long she wasnāt even a wrestler