Museum Uses Abe Lincoln's Wrestling Past for WWE Giveaway

Abe the Bruiser? Abe “The Animal” Lincoln?

Springfield’s favorite son, whose skill as a wrestler has been recognized by induction into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Hall of Outstanding Americans, may never have donned sequins or worn his stovepipe hat into the squared circle, but the museum that bears his name is promoting itself with a pro wrestling ticket giveaway.

“We’re always looking for ways to tie in popular culture and Abraham Lincoln,” said Dave Blanchette, spokesman for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

“We know Lincoln was a wrestler at New Salem,” Russell said. “We thought it would be a natural tie-in to promote the museum and promote them.”...More?

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