- RAW ring announcer Lilian Garcia has given her notice and will be leaving the WWE once her contract expires at the end of this year.

"It is with a heavy heart that I have made this decision because WWE has been my family from day one and you, the WWE Universe have always been incredible to me," Garcia said on her blog at liliangarcia.com.

"The fact is that I am getting married later this year and have decided to enter into a new phase of my life but I will truly miss all of you and the WWE tremendously," she added.

Garcia made her debut in August 1999 and has been the ring announcer for RAW ever since.

A couple of weeks ago WWE issued an open position for a young female announcer who can sing and speculation kicked in that Garcia was indeed leaving the company after ten long years.