Wayne Cowan Wayne Maurice Keown ( November 29 , 1949 ) is an American professional wrestling manager , booker and retired professional wrestler , better known by the ring name Dutch Mantel ( also spelled Mantell ) . He was formerly performing for WWE as Zeb Colter , the manager of Jack Swagger . Keown debuted in 1973 . While he primarily wrestled on the independent circuit , he made appearances with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) as Dutch Mantel and with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) as Uncle Zebekiah in the early to mid - 1990s . In the late 1990s and 2000s he worked as a booker for the World Wrestling Council , the International Wrestling Association and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Professional wrestling career . Various territories ( 1972 – 1990 ) . Keown debuted in 1972 as " Wayne Mason Dixon , " and later became " Dutch Mantel , " but it wasn ' t until 1980 that he added " Dirty " to his wrestling name . 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 notoriety as Sting and The Ultimate Warrior . The Undertaker 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 Steve Austin 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 " . At the time , he was a booker for Jerry Jarrett ' s Memphis territory . Mantel formed several tag teams throughout his career , including The Kansas Jayhawks ( with Bobby Jaggers ) , and The Desperados , which lasted only two months . Mantel achieved his greatest notoriety in 1979 when he and then - partner , Cowboy Frankie Lane , as Los Vaqueros Locos , sold out the 16 , 000 - seat Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan , Puerto Rico for an unprecedented nine weeks in a row , a record that still stands . They had a unique gimmick , where they put US $ 1 , 000 on stake ( all on US $ 1 and 50 cents coins ) to the team that could defeat them . Mantel ' s other notable achievement was in 1982 when he and Jerry " the King " Lawler faced off in a good guy vs . good guy series . Fans were torn between these two stalwarts of the Memphis ring wars . Mantell achieved what no other opponent could do in when Lawler was a good guy and that was to get a clear cut win over the King . Later that year after Lawler lost a loser leave town match against Bill Dundee , Lawler and Mantell finally mended their ways long enough to face Dundee and Buddy Landel in a Falls Don ' t Count in Memphis ' Mid South Coliseum in front of a sold out red hot Memphis crowd . The match went a record 26 falls taking an hour and 15 minutes to accomphish . Match saw Dutch Mantell taking the pin fall over Landel . World Championship Wrestling ( 1990 – 1991 ) . In 1990 , he worked for World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) as a commentator on " WCW WorldWide " alongside Tony Schiavone and in 1991 , WCW created a stable known as " the Desperados " consisting of Dutch Mantell , Black Bart , and Deadeye Dick . The Desperados were packaged with the gimmick of being three bumbling cowboys looking to meet up with Stan Hansen 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 ghost towns , 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 Smoky Mountain Wrestling 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 – 1997 ) . From 1995 to 1996 , Mantel appeared in the World Wrestling Federation as " Uncle Zebekiah . " He was the manager of The Blu Brothers and , later , Justin " Hawk " Bradshaw . World Wrestling Council / International Wrestling Association ( 1996 – 2003 ) . After departing the WWF , Mantel later joined the Puerto Rican World Wrestling Council 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 . In 2003 , Mantel began work behind the scenes as a writer / producer / agent for TNA Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and as a full - time member of the booking team . Mantel was instrumental in several successful creations for the company , most notably the TNA Knockout s division that helped to reinvigorate interest in women ' s wrestling in the United States . Mantel is credited with bringing Awesome Kong 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 , Reno Riggins , announced that Dutch would be joining Showtime All - Star Wrestling 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 WrestleMania morning WrestleReunion event in Atlanta , Georgia on April 4 , 2011 . The event honored Bruno Sammartino and featured several modern and legendary wrestlers including Carlito , Kamala , Scott Steiner , Tommy Dreamer , Christy Hemme , Bob Orton , Jr . , Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik . On March 10 , 2012 , Mantel teamed with " The Texas Outlaw " Thomas Mitchell at AWA Supreme Wrestling in Madison , Indiana with a win against " Custom Made " Eric Draven and Vito Andretti . Return to WWE ( 2013 – 2016 ) . On February 11 , 2013 , Mantel , under the name of Zeb Colter , returned to WWE as the manager of Jack Swagger . Colter ' s character was that of a heel caricature of the Tea Party movement who strongly advocated anti - illegal immigrant beliefs . On February 19 , Fox News 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 [ their ] storylines " to " create compelling and relevant content for [ their ] audience " 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 , Alberto Del Rio , 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 Big E Langston ( representing Dolph Ziggler ) , 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 Hell in a Cell PPV and a Fatal 4 - Way tag team match at TLC . Cesaro dumped Colter as his manager on the " Raw " following WrestleMania XXX , instead revealing that he was a new client of Paul Heyman . Colter also started a feud with Paul Heyman , after accusing Heyman of " stealing " Cesaro from him . With The Real Americans dissolved , Swagger and Colter turned face by confronting Lana and Rusev . At SummerSlam , 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 " Rolling Stone " as " the wildly unpopular MexAmerica storyline " , Colter returned at Hell in a Cell 2015 , utilizing a mobility scooter , where he announced that the returning Alberto Del Rio would answer John Cena ' 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 . This marked his last appearance in WWE , as he was released from his WWE contract on May 6 , 2016 . Second 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 Global Force Wrestling and WrestlePro on June 11 , 2016 . Return to TNA ( 2017−present ) . In January 2017 , it was announced the Mantel would be working as a creative consultant for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Personal life . In August 2012 , Cowan announced on Facebook 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 parole , and running from the police at the time , had also died . On June 3 , 2014 , Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam 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 . Cowan has a surviving granddaughter ( Amelia ' s sister ) , in addition to their mother , Amanda , his daughter .