Dutch Savage

Not to be confused with the New York City-area gangster of the 1920s and 1930s also nicknamed Dutch Schultz.

Dutch Savage
Ring name(s)	Dutch Savage Dutch Schultz Mr. X Lonnie Brown
Billed height	6 ft 4 in
Billed weight	265 lb
Born	June 9, 1935 (1935-06-09) (age 76) Scranton, Pennsylvania
Resides	Yacolt, Washington
Trained by	Luke Brown
Debut	1962
Retired	1981

Frank Stewart (born June 9, 1935) is a former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, best known for his time spent competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling under the ring name Dutch Savage.^[1]

Career

Savage made his pro debut in 1962 in Macon, Georgia using the ring name Lonnie Brown,^[2] then spent the next few years competing across North America, in Hawaii and in Japan (going by the ring names Mr. X and Dutch Schultz). Savage first began using his most famous ring name during a stint in the Kansas City territory.^[2] He eventually settled in the Pacific Northwest region in 1966, splitting his time between PNW in Portland and NWA All Star Wrestling in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[2] Savage also had a brief stint in the AWA territory where he formed a solid tag team with Hard Boiled Haggerty. However, when a trip to Japan was offered, Dutch opted to leave the AWA after only a few months. His most memorable matches while in the AWA were with the masked Doctor "X" (Dick Beyer, aka The Destroyer) and Mad Dog Vachon.^[3]

Savage wrestled mainly as a heel early in his career, but he turned face around 1971 during a feud with Bull Ramos in Portland. He also formed a legendary tag team in PNW with Jimmy Snuka that won six Pacific Northwest tag team titles; one of their reigns lasted for a record 11 months in 1974-75. He originated the Coal Miner's Glove match in 1972 in Eugene, Oregon, and went undefeated in that specialty match during his career. In Vancouver, BC, Savage captured 13 NWA Canadian tag team titles, second only to the record of 18 Canadian tag titles won by Don Leo Jonathan (with whom Savage won the championship once, in 1977).

On the promotional side, he later bought out Sandor Kovacs' ownership stake in the Washington territory and also purchased a one-third portion of PNW, getting into promoting as well as doing color commentary for PNW's Portland Wrestling program on Portland station KPTV (syndicated outside of Portland to the rest of Oregon and Washington as Big Time Wrestling) after his retirement from active competition around 1981.^[4][5]

Savage was involved in real estate for many years after his wrestling career, and he served as the play-by-play host for the Championship Wrestling USA promotion's TV program during the 1990s,^[6] but is now retired. He is now an administrator for his official website (Dutch Savage.com) and hosts a program called "Dutch's Corner", where he teaches King James Scripture, on Public-access television out of Portland, Oregon.^[2] He and his wife Willa now live on their farm in the mountains of southwest Washington State, close to Mount St. Helens, and have adopted Yacolt, Washington, as their home town.

Championships and accomplishments

• Central States Wrestling

• NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Central States version) (1 time) - with Rocky Hamilton

• Mid-Pacific Promotions

• NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• NWA All-Star Wrestling

• NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (13 times) - with Don Jardine (1), Stan Stasiak (2), John Tolos (1) Bob Brown (2), John Quinn (1), Steven Little Bear (4), Gene Kiniski (1), and Don Leo Jonathan (1),
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times) - with Don Jardine

• NWA Tri-State

• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) - with Luke Brown

• Pacific Northwest Wrestling

• NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (12 times) - with Jimmy Snuka (6), Moondog Mayne (2), Steven Little Bear, (1), Jonathan Boyd, (1), Beuregard, (1), and Stan Stasiak (1)

References

1. ^ Pacific Northwest
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Dutch Savage: Perennial All-Star". Slam! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/07/28/560758.html. Retrieved 2008-09-01. 
3. ^ Dutch Savage article at Kayfabe Memories
4. ^ October 9, 1982 - Frank Bonnema passes away
5. ^ June 18, 1983 - Dutch Savage interviews face-turned Buddy Rose
6. ^ Dutch Savage hosting Championship Wrestling USA

External links

Professional wrestling portal

• Dutch Savage's official website
• Dutch Savage article at Slam! Sports - Wrestling

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Name	Savage, Dutch
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Date of birth	June 9, 1935
Place of birth	Scranton, Pennsylvania
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