WWE's Linda McMahon will lay the smack down on Columbia next week

By Bristow Marchant

Updated April 23, 2018 6:04 PM

Linda McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon — FILE- In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Shane McMahon, right joins his mother, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, center, and his sister Stephanie, at the Connecticut Republican Convention in Hartford, Conn. On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, a helicopter with Shane McMahon aboard made an emergency landing in the ocean off New York's Long Island. McMahon and the pilot were uninjured in the incident. Jessica Hill, File AP Photo

The former head of World Wrestling Entertainment will be speaking in Columbia next week.

Linda McMahon will serve as the keynote speaker at the Salute to Small Business on May 2 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

Part business exhibition, part recognition of local business advocates and entrepreneurs, the salute is sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the group McMahon was named to head by President Donald Trump.

The S.C. Chamber of Commerce and the state Department of Commerce also will be on hand to recognize "the state’s best entrepreneurs, most dedicated business advocates, and top small business lenders" during the afternoon luncheon, a news release says.

Before joining the Trump administration, McMahon was best known to wrestling fans as the longtime president and CEO of the company behind WrestleMania and other pro-wrestling events. She also twice ran as a Republican for the U.S. Senate seat in her home state of Connecticut.

Tickets to the event are available for $50 on the event's website.

This story was originally published April 23, 2018 at 3:11 PM with the headline "WWE's Linda McMahon will lay the smack down on Columbia next week."

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