WWE star Samantha Irvin posts nude photo showing her respect for wrestling
'I respect this so much.'
Samantha Irvin has posted a naked selfie showing the aftermath of her WWE tryout.
The 36-year-old star, who is now known as Samantha The Bomb after leaving the company in 2024 following three years as a ring announcer, has shared a rather cheeky photo reflecting on her tryout for the wrestling giant.
Samantha was spotted by WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry after singing on a TV talent show, and while she didn’t want to wrestle, she did want to get her foot in the door.
‘before & after pics from my WWE tryout, dec. 2020,’ she captioned the pictures, including one in her Performance Center t-shirt and a facemask.
The other photo showed Samantha, whose husband Ricochet now performs in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), from behind in the mirror with bruises on her back and booty.
She revealed the injuries came from simply bouncing off the ropes, while she was determined to take part to prove how much she respects the business.
The ring announcer shared a nude selfie to show off her bruises (Picture: X/Samantha The Bomb) She wanted to get the full wrestling experience at her tryout (Picture: X/Samantha The Bomb)‘That’s a big reason why I wanted to do it! I wanted them to know that although I will absolutely not be hired in any athletic fashion (lmao) I respect this so much,’ she wrote.
Samantha agreed with a fan that wrestling is ‘too real’, while she also fired back at trolls criticising her for the steamy photo.
After someone insisted they weren’t looking at the bruises, she coolly replied: ‘What else are you looking at? Shoulder blades? Back?’
The X user referenced her bottom, and she quipped: ‘That’s how I know I have a big ass because that’s not even a fraction of it lol,’ while dismissing the idea she could have cropped the picture.
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Previous Page Next Page‘It would have gotten half the message across,’ she pointed out, as her man Ricochet showed his support and replied: ‘So proud of you.’
Meanwhile, Samantha has opened up more about her WWE exit, which came after she felt like she wouldn’t be able to outgrow her role as a ring announcer.
‘I wanted to have an opportunity to challenge, if maybe it wasn’t just the ring announcing that people loved,” she told Busted Open this week.
‘I wanted an opportunity to challenge that notion. Give me a chance to see if it’s maybe just Samantha.
She quit in October 2024 with Lilian Garcia making her return (Picture: WWE) Samantha wanted to do more than just ring announcing (Picture: WWE)‘Put me in some other positions. I really do talk to the girls backstage. We really are in the locker room together and helping each other out. Let me be backstage and let me speak.’
She insisted her emotional reactions to moments like Cody Rhodes’ WWE Championship win at WrestleMania 40 prove she isn’t right for the role, despite how much fans and the company loved her.
‘It’s hard. You have to memorize, it’s a real job. It’s not just the craziness that I’m doing,’ she added. ‘It’s a real job that I’m honestly not good at because I’m going to cry if Shawn Michaels comes out.’
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