Lilian Garcia Talks New Role Following WWE SmackDown Exit

Appearing on the latest episode of INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, Garcia opened up about her return and revealed that it was never meant to be a permanent position for her, and that WWE was upfront about it being a limited time engagement.

"I knew when they offered it to me to come back, they did tell me, ‘Hey, this isn’t for permanent announcing for Raw or SmackDown. We just really need you right now. But this is a new era. We want to be completely upfront with you, which I really appreciated. I said, ‘Look, whatever you guys need.’ I never thought I was going to be back, and whatever you need. I love this business. I love the people I work with. So I’m excited."

She added:

When they brought me back, I knew that Raw was going to be until the changeover in January, for Netflix, that I knew. They were like, ‘Okay, now we’re going to put you on SmackDown, but we don’t know how long.’ Every week that went by, they were like, ‘I’m so sorry, we need you another week. Is that okay?’ I’m like, of course it is, it’s fine. Do whatever you want. I am loving this, totally loving this.

She also went on to add that her return to Raw and SmackDown led to her future involvement in Saturday Night's Main Event, which WWE said she was a "perfect fit" for.

But what was so beautiful that has evolved from it is that even though I’m not going to the full-time SmackDown announcer anymore, they said, ‘You know what? We love having you [be a] part of this. We want to extend. We want you to Saturday Night’s Main Event. We think you’re a perfect fit for that.’ I love it, I get to wear gowns for that, we dress up a little bit...Then they’re like, look, we’ve got a lot of other shows that we know we’re in talks right now on what we can do. So I’m like, whatever you guys need. Again, whatever you need. Just put me in coach, I’m here,"

The next episode of Saturday Night's Main Event will be held on Saturday, May 24th from the Yeungling Center in Tampa, Florida.