Lilian Garcia addresses WWE return: ‘I’m back home’

Lilian Garcia is excited to be back home for another stint with WWE. Following Samantha Irvin’s departure from the company, Garcia returned to WWE last night as the new ring announcer for Raw. It’s a very familiar role for Garcia, who started her career in WWE more than two decades ago. She was first with the promotion from 1999-2009, returned from 2011-2016, and has come back for occasional appearances since then. Garcia took to Instagram overnight to thank the fans for supporting her. She admitted to being nervous but is excited to see where things go from here. “Oh my gosh, guys. Did that just happen? Did I just really go back to the WWE after being gone for like eight years? I mean, I’ve popped in every now and then, but it’s been eight years since I was the full-time announcer there,” Garcia said. “And my goodness, when my music hit and I got introduced, the cheers and the applause and the roar that you gave me tonight — thank you. Thank you for that, because I was nervous. I was so nervous. I could eve