Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 13, 1969
Place of Birth
Camden, New Jersey, USA
Credits
36 titles
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
Filmography
WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow 2026
Thrasher
JCW Lunacy
Thrasher
Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling Presents: Extreme Takeover Thursday
Thrasher
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
Thrasher
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Thrasher
JCW Legends and Icons
Head Banger Thrasher
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE Armageddon 1999
Thrasher
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE Metal
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Thrasher
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
Thrasher
WWE Capital Carnage
Thrasher
WWE Survivor Series 1998
Thrasher
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE SummerSlam 1998
Headbanger Thrasher (Appearance)
WWE Heat
Thrasher
WWE King of the Ring 1998
Thrasher
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Thrash
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE One Night Only
Thrasher
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Headbanger Thrasher
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Thrasher
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Headbanger Thrasher (Preshow)
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
Thrasher
WWE WrestleMania 13
Thrash
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
Thrasher
Box of Moonlight
Saddam Insane
SMW Superbowl of Wrestling
Headbanger Thrasher
ECW/WWA Battle of the Belts
The Spider
Raw
Spider #2
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Glen Ruth