Dutch Mantel
Wayne Maurice Keown (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestling manager, booker and retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dutch Mantel (also spelled Dutch Mantell). Since May 2022, Mantell has co-hosted Story Time with Dutch Mantell, hosted by James Romero on the WSI Network.
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| Birth name | Wayne Maurice Keown |
| Born | November 29, 1949 Walhalla, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | dirtydutchmantell |
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| Ring name(s) | Chris Gallagher Dutch Mantel Dutch Mantell Texas Dirt Uncle Zebekiah Wayne Cowen Zeb Colter Zebekiah |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Billed from | "Wandering along the roads of U.S. Route 190" "Oil Trough, Texas" Nashville, Tennessee |
| Debut | 1972 |
| Retired | 2013 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ | United States Army |
| Unit | 25th Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Awards | Vietnam Service Medal |
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| Years active | 2022–present | ||||||
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| Subscribers | 114 thousand | ||||||
| Total views | 25.2 million | ||||||
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Last updated: March 7, 2024 | |||||||
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Keown debuted in 1972, as Wayne Cowan. He achieved fame in the regional and independent circuits, as well as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), as "Dirty" Dutch Mantell. Keown also worked with the World Wrestling Federation (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 World Wrestling Council (WWC), International Wrestling Association, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as well as Championship Wrestling from Florida.