Dutch Savage

Frank Stewart (June 9, 1935 – August 3, 2013) was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, best known for his time spent competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling under the ring name Dutch Savage.

Career Savage made his pro debut in 1962 in Macon, Georgia, using the ring name Lonnie Brown, 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.

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, British Columbia, 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.

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, but eventually retired. He later became an administrator for his official website (Dutch Savage.com) and hosted a program called "Dutch's Corner", where he taught King James Scripture, on Public-access television out of Portland, Oregon. According to his daughter, Mitzi Stewart Graham, Dutch Savage died August 3, 2013, in Vancouver, Washington. 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), Beauregard (1), and Stan Stasiak (1) Ring Around The Northwest Newsletter Tag Team of the Year (1972–1974, 1976) with Lonnie Mayne and Jimmy Snuka