Lilian Garcia announces she is no longer full-time WWE SmackDown ring announcer, will announce at Saturday Night’s Main Event

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Lilian Garcia wrapping up as the SmackDown ring announcer.

The March 14th edition of Friday Night SmackDown emanated from Olimpic Arena in Badalona, Spain. WWE is in Europe for their road to WrestleMania tour.

After the show, ring announcer Lilian Garcia took to Instagram and shared that she is no longer going to be the full-time announcer for SmackDown. She added that she’ll be with the company for Saturday Night’s Main Event shows and the next one is on May 24th in Tampa, Florida.

She noted that she’ll be doing signings and working on show ideas with WWE.

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

Just finished announcing SmackDown in Barcelona, Spain and it was absolutely incredible!! Gracias por todo el amor España! ❤️

But now I have some news that this was my last show as the full-time SmackDown announcer. A new era is upon us BUT I will still be with the company as I will be announcing for all @wwe Saturday Night’s Main Event shows on @nbc & @peacock , singing at certain special events, AND currently working on other show ideas with WWE! 😉

WWE is my home so stay tuned as a new chapter begins… I invite all of you to continue this journey with me as we share it together!! 📖🤸🏼‍♀️

Bottom line, thank you and I love you dearly!!!! 💙🥰

She returned to WWE in October 2024 following Samantha Irvin’s departure from the company. Garcia ring announced on Monday Night Raw and then was shifted to SmackDown.

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