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Wayne Maurice Keown (born November 29, 1949) is an American
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, booker and retired
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, better known by the ring name Dutch Mantel (also spelled Dutch Mantell). Keown debuted in 1972, as Wayne Cowan. He achieved fame in the
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and independent circuits, as well as
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(WCW), as "Dirty" Dutch Mantel. Keown also worked with the
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(WWF, now WWE) as Uncle Zebekiah in the mid-1990s, and again in the 2010s as Zeb Colter. In the late 1990s, 2000s, and late-2010s, he worked as a booker for the
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(WWC), International Wrestling Association,
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(TNA) and
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(ECW) as well as Championship Wrestling from Florida.


Early life

Keown graduated from Walhalla High School in
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. He attended
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for one year before being drafted into military service undergoing basic training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina before being assigned to the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division, Keown was awarded the
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for his service during the
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.


Professional wrestling career


Various territories (1972–1990)

Keown debuted in 1972 as "Wayne Cowan". He then became "Dutch Mantel", and added the "Dirty" nickname in 1980. He wrestled for various Southern promotions, and achieved considerable success in the National Wrestling Alliance. Mantel was instrumental in the careers of several huge wrestling stars of the nineties, including the Blade Runners, who later went on to achieve fame as Sting and
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.
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and Kane both were early recipients of Mantel's astute wrestling knowledge, which served them well in their careers. Mantel also is credited with giving
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his stage surname, since Austin's real name at the time was Steve Williams (which was currently in use in wrestling by "Dr. Death" Steve Williams). Mantell originally considered giving Austin the stage names of either "Stevie Rage" or "William Stevenson III".Stone Cold Steve Austin. ''The Stone Cold Truth'' (p.65) At the time, he was a booker for
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's Memphis territory. Mantel formed several tag teams throughout his career, including The Kansas Jayhawks (with
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), and The Desperados, which lasted only two months. Mantel achieved his greatest notoriety in 1979 when he and then-partner, Cowboy Frankie Laine, as Los Vaqueros Locos, sold out the 16,000-seat
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in
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for an unprecedented nine weeks in a row, a record that still stands. They had a unique gimmick, where they put US$1,000 all in silver dollar coins at stake to the team that could defeat them. Mantel's other notable achievement was in 1982 when he and
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faced off in a good guy vs. good guy series. Fans were torn between these two stalwarts of the Memphis ring wars. Mantel achieved what no other opponent could do while Lawler was a
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and that was to get a clear cut win over the King. In 1986, after Lawler lost a "Loser Leaves Town" gimmick match against
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, Lawler and Mantell finally mended their ways long enough to face Dundee and
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in a Texas Tornado Death Match in Memphis' Mid South Coliseum in front of a sold out red hot Memphis crowd. The match went a record 26 falls, taking one hour and 15 minutes to accomplish. The match saw Dutch Mantell reach his feet before Landell.


NWA World Championship Wrestling (1990–1991)

In 1990, he worked for
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(WCW) as a commentator on ''
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'' alongside
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and in 1991, WCW created a stable known as "the Desperados" consisting of Dutch Mantell, Black Bart and
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. The Desperados were packaged with the gimmick of being three bumbling cowboys looking to meet up with
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to go to WCW and become a team. Over the course of a few months, they were promoted through a series of vignettes by which they would be beaten up in saloons, searching
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s, and riding horses. Hansen reportedly wanted no part of the storyline and left for Japan, never to return to wrestle in North America. Without Hansen, the group were pushed into service as jobbers and were dissolved as a stable before the end of the year.


Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1991–1994)

When Jim Cornette's independent wrestling promotion
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opened in 1991, Mantel, joined by Bob Caudle, served as the original color commentator for the television broadcasts, and would give something of a heel perspective. He also hosted a weekly talk segment called "Down and Dirty with Dutch," where he would interview the stars of SMW. He remained with Smoky Mountain until around 1994.


World Wrestling Federation (1994–1996)

From 1995 to 1996, Mantel appeared in the
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as "Uncle Zebekiah." He was the manager of The Blu Brothers until they were released in November 1995 and in January 1996, he returned as just "Zebekiah" and managed Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw until Mantel was released in December 1996.


World Wrestling Council and International Wrestling Association (1996–2003)

After departing the WWF, Mantel later joined the Puerto Rican
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as a wrestler and booker. Then he went to WWC rival promotion International Wrestling Association as a creative consultant, which included writing/producing and booking four hours of original TV programming per week. Mantel remained there until September 22, 2003. Mantel set a record while in Puerto Rico (IWA), in the number of hours that a single writer produced a TV wrestling show as he was responsible for four hours a week, 52 weeks a year, for a total of 208 hours a year for five years straight. His ratings also set records as his shows regularly ranged in the 12 to 15 range, with his highest being an 18.1, with a 55 share of the TV viewing audience while working for WWC in 2000.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2009)

In 2003, Mantel began work behind the scenes as a writer/producer/agent for TNA
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and as a full-time member of the booking/creative team. Mantel was instrumental in several successful creations for the company, most notably the TNA Knockouts division that helped to reinvigorate interest in women's wrestling in the United States. Mantel is credited with bringing
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to TNA at Bound for Glory 2007, along with her handler/manager, Raisha Saeed. On July 31, 2009, Mantel was released from TNA due to creative differences. Soon after, he returned to the IWA, once again working as a writer.


Independent circuit (2009–2012)

In November 2009,
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, announced that Dutch would be joining
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promotion out of Nashville as a writer and on air talent. In December 2009, Mantel released his first book, "The World According to Dutch." Mantel wrote the book in around 5 weeks, while sitting on a beach on Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, with assistance from editors Ric Gross and Mark James. In December 2010, Mantel released his second book "Tales From a Dirt Road". On March 3, 2011, Mantel wrestled in the place of Jamie Dundee at XCW Midwest in Corydon IN. He took on local heel Lone Star, further cementing his semi-active status as a part-time wrestler. On March 22, 2011, Mantel was added to the April 4, 2011
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morning
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event in Atlanta, Georgia. The event honored
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with several modern and legendary wrestlers including Carlito,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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.


Return to WWE (2013–2016)

On February 11, 2013, Mantel, under the name of Zeb Colter, returned to WWE as the manager of
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. Colter's character was that of a heel caricature of the
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who strongly advocated anti- illegal immigrant beliefs. On February 19,
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and various right-wing commentators including Glenn Beck claimed that Swagger and Colter's characters were a mockery of the Tea Party movement meant to "demonize" the Tea Party. WWE responded to the criticism by stating that they were incorporating "current events into heirstorylines" to "create compelling and relevant content for heiraudience" and that "this storyline in no way represents WWE’s political point of view". WWE followed by having Swagger and Colter break character during a video to invite Beck to appear on ''Raw'' while justifying that the storyline was designed to elicit a crowd response for the protagonist,
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, and the antagonists, Swagger and Colter. Beck rejected the invitation. On the April 8 episode of ''Raw'', Colter teamed with Swagger in a Handicap match against Del Rio, though Colter never officially entered the ring, they were defeated by Del Rio by submission on Swagger. On the April 29 episode of ''Raw'', Colter was involved in a triple-threat match with Rodriguez and
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(representing
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), with the winner being able to determine the stipulation for the World Heavyweight Championship match at Extreme Rules. Colter lost the match after being pinned by Rodriguez. On the June 17 episode of ''Raw'', after Jack Swagger suffered a hand injury, Colter aligned himself with Antonio Cesaro. Colter later paired Swagger and Cesaro as "The Real Americans". The Real Americans experienced little success, losing to Los Matadores at
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PPV and a Fatal 4-Way tag team match at TLC. Cesaro dumped Colter as his manager on the ''Raw'' following
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, instead revealing that he was a new client of
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. Colter also started a feud with
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, after accusing Heyman of "stealing" Cesaro from him. With The Real Americans dissolved, Swagger and Colter turned
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by confronting Lana and Rusev. At
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, Colter was attacked by Rusev, leaving him off television for two weeks. On the December 1 episode of ''Raw'', Colter's leg was broken by Rusev, writing Colter off of television for nearly 11 months. In a storyline described by ''
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'' as "the wildly unpopular MexAmerica storyline", Colter returned at Hell in a Cell 2015, utilizing a mobility scooter, where he announced that the returning
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would answer
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's Open Challenge for Cena's United States Championship, where Del Rio was victorious. The next night on ''Raw'', Del Rio and Colter began advertising a union between the United States and Mexico as "MexAmerica", leading to several confrontations with Colter's former protege, Jack Swagger. After Colter caused Del Rio to stumble during one of these confrontations on the December 7 episode of ''Raw'', Del Rio ended his association with Colter. This marked his last appearance in WWE, as he was released from his WWE contract on May 6, 2016.


Return to the independent circuit (2016−present)

Following his release from WWE, it was confirmed that Keown signed to appear at a show co-promoted by
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and WrestlePro on June 11, 2016.


Return to Impact Wrestling (2017)

In January 2017, it was announced that Mantel would be working as a creative consultant for Impact Wrestling. In February 2017, his role was changed from creative consultant to head of the creative team. Mantel left Impact Wrestling in December 2017 after
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and Scott D'Amore took over as Executive Vice Presidents.


Other media

Zeb Colter regularly appeared in the WWE
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''The JBL and Cole Show'', until its cancellation in June 2015. Colter has appeared in two
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video games as a manager. He made his in-game debut at '' WWE 2K15'' and appears in ''
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''. As of December 2017, Mantel currently hosts 2 Podcasts on MLW radio "Down and Dirty with Dutch Mantel" and "Dutch's Rum Diaries". In 2019, Mantel narrated 5 episodes in season 1 of ''
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''.


Personal life

In August 2012, Keown announced on
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that his 16-year-old granddaughter Amelia had died in a car crash. He also said that the driver of the other vehicle, who had drugs in his system, was on
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, and running from the police at the time, had also died. On June 3, 2014,
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signed into law Amelia's Law, which requires parolees whose crimes were related to drugs or alcohol to wear a transdermal monitoring device that would test the wearer's blood every 30 minutes. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, had been pushed by Keown's family and went into effect July 1, 2014. Keown has a surviving granddaughter (Amelia's sister), in addition to their mother, Amanda, his daughter.


Championships and accomplishments

*All-South Wrestling Alliance **ASWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) * Central States Wrestling ** NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Central States version)'' ( 1 time) – with Ron Bass (1) * Dyersburg Championship Wrestling ** DCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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**
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( 1 time) * Hoosier Pro Wrestling ** HPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * Mid-South Wrestling Association ** Mid-South Television Championship ( 1 time) * Mid-South Wrestling Association (Tennessee) ** MSWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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/ Continental Wrestling Association ** AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ( 5 times) **
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( 3 times) – with
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(1), Koko Ware (1) and
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(1) **
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( 3 times) ** CWA International Heavyweight Championship (
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) **
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(
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) – with Austin Idol **
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( 12 times) **
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(
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) – with
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(1) and Ken Lucas (1) ** NWA Mid-America Television Championship (1 time) ** NWA Southern Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-America version)'' ( 1 time) – with David Schultz **
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship The NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a name used for several secondary tag team championship used by various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) members since 1958. There are eleven different versions of the NWA United States Tag Team Champ ...
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NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship The title was formed in the WWC promotion in 1994 when Jackhammer won a tournament. The title has stayed with the promotion throughout its various name changes and NWA membership being known as the ''WWC'' (World Wrestling Coalition), ''APWA'' (Ac ...
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USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship The USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship formed in 1988, which consisted of the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship from World Class Championship Wrestling and the AWA World H ...
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) – with Frankie Laine (3) and
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( 1 time) – with Bouncer Bruno **
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( 1 time) - with Wendell Cooley


Bibliography

*''The World According to Dutch'' (2009) – with Ric Gross and Mark James.


References


External links

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The Dutch Mantell Show on MLW Radio Network
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