Samantha Irvin: ‘One year down, one year left’ on my WWE non-compete
Samantha Irvin has one year left on her non-compete clause.
The popular ring announcer left WWE in October 2024, with it later being reported that Irvin and the company could not come to an agreement on her working outside projects.
In response to a follower on X recently noting that it’s been a year since she left WWE, Irvin responded that it’s one year down and another to go on her non-compete clause.
Irvin wrote:
“One year down, one year left on my non-compete! Can’t wait. I hope you enjoy my songs in the meantime and look back on all the memories as fondly as I do! Love & miss you all and remember- I NEVER left FOR music, I am music. Hope to see you soon…..”
Following her departure from WWE, Irvin said that she didn’t enjoy ring announcing and had wanted a different on-screen role with the company.
“I don’t like announcing,” she revealed on Instagram. “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.”
In February 2025, Irvin told USA Today that it’s guaranteed she will return to wrestling at some point:
“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 and AEW’s Ricochet were married in March of this year. As for Irvin’s music career, she just released a new music video for her song “Sweet’ last week. A link to the video is here and below:
