Lilian Garcia on new WWE role: ‘I love it’

Lilian Garcia loves being back with WWE, even if she’s no longer working as a full-time ring announcer on weekly television. Garcia made her return to WWE in October 2024 after Samantha Irvin departed the company. Her return has included stints on both Raw and SmackDown, but Garcia revealed earlier this month that her role has changed and she’ll no longer be ring announcing weekly. Instead, she’ll be the ring announcer for Saturday Night’s Main Event, singing at special events, and working with WWE on other new projects. While appearing on a new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Garcia discussed how much being back with WWE means to her. Before she got the call to return, she only had one month of income left and didn’t know what her next move would be. Garcia thought her time in wrestling had come to an end but is now back home in WWE. “I knew, when they offered it to me to come back, they did tell me, ‘Hey, this isn’t like for permanent announcing for Raw or SmackDown. We just really need you right