Glenn Ruth
Biography
is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Thrasher. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation between 1996 and 2000, where he was one half of the tag team The Headbangers with Mosh. Thrasher is a former NWA World Tag Team Champion and WWF World Tag Team Champion. After retiring in 2002, he returned to professional wrestling in 2011, reforming The Headbangers with Mosh and appearing on the independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Ruth grew up in South Jersey. He trained as a wrestler under Larry Sharpe and debuted in 1990 as The Spider. He later became Sharpe's assistant and trained wrestlers such as the Big Show and others at Sharpe's "Monster Factory". Among the wrestlers trained by Sharpe and Ruth was Chaz Warrington, Ruth's future tag team partner. Ruth made a number of appearances for the World Wrestling Federation in the early 90s including a losing effort against Marty Jannetty on the 2nd ever episode of Raw, competing under his given name as an enhancement talent. World Wrestling Federation (1996-2000) Ruth is best known for his appearances with the WWF in the late 90s, where he formed a successful tag team with his old training classmate Chaz Warrington. Warrington and Ruth were best known in the WWF as The Headbangers: Ruth wrestled as Thrasher, while Warrington wrestled as Mosh. Both men debuted in the World Wrestling Federation on the November 24, 1996 episode of Superstars as the Headbangers. The Headbangers were a team that portrayed a pair of punk/metal fans and were known for their outrageous costumes, which usually featured nose rings and kilts. They captured the vacant WWF World Tag Team Championships on September 7, 1997 by defeating three other teams in a four team tag match at Ground Zero. They lost the titles to The Godwinns on October 5 of that same year.
Known For
All Movies (30)
- WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow 20262026 · as Thrasher
- It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story2015 · as Thrasher
- WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches2012
- WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches2012 · as Thrasher
- JCW Legends and Icons2011
- WWE WrestleMania 20002000 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE Armageddon 19991999 · as Thrasher
- WWE Survivor Series 19991999 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows1998 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House1998 · as Thrasher
- WWE Capital Carnage1998 · as Thrasher
- WWE Survivor Series 19981998 · as Thrasher
- WWE Judgment Day: In Your House1998 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE SummerSlam 19981998 · as Headbanger Thrasher (Appearance)
- WWE King of the Ring 19981998 · as Thrasher
- WWE WrestleMania XIV1998 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House1998 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE Royal Rumble 19981998 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE Survivor Series 19971997 · as Thrash
- WWE Badd Blood: In Your House1997 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE One Night Only1997 · as Thrasher
- WWE Ground Zero: In Your House1997 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE SummerSlam 19971997 · as Thrasher
- WWE King of the Ring 19971997 · as Headbanger Thrasher (Preshow)
- Best Of Raw • Volume Four1997 · as Thrasher
- WWE WrestleMania 131997 · as Thrash
- WWE In Your House 13: Final Four1997 · as Thrasher
- Box of Moonlight1996 · as Saddam Insane
- SMW Superbowl of Wrestling1995 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- ECW/WWA Battle of the Belts1993 · as The Spider
All TV Shows (10)
- Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling Presents: Extreme Takeover Thursday2020 · as Thrasher
- WWE Metal1999 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown1999 · as Thrasher
- WWE Heat1998 · as Thrasher
- Raw1993 · as Spider #2
- Raw1993 · as Glen Ruth
- Raw1993 · as Thrasher
- Raw1993 · as The Head Bangers
- Raw1993 · as Headbanger Thrasher
- WWF Wrestling Challenge1986 · as Glen Ruth