
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(35 works)

Raw
1993Raw
1993

Raw
1993Raw
1993

Raw
1993Raw
1993

Raw
1993Raw
1993

Raw
1993Raw
1993

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999

WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986

WWE Heat
1998WWE Heat
1998

WWE Capital Carnage
1998WWE Capital Carnage
1998

WWE King of the Ring 1998
1998WWE King of the Ring 1998
1998

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998

WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997

WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997

WWE WrestleMania 13
1997WWE WrestleMania 13
1997

Box of Moonlight
1996Box of Moonlight
1996

WWE Survivor Series 1999
1999WWE Survivor Series 1999
1999

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
1998WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
1998

WWE WrestleMania 2000
2000WWE WrestleMania 2000
2000

WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
1998WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
1998

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
1997WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
1997

WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
1997WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
1997

It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
2015It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
2015

WWE Survivor Series 1998
1998WWE Survivor Series 1998
1998

WWE Armageddon 1999
1999WWE Armageddon 1999
1999

WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
1997WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
1997

WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997

WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998

Best Of Raw • Volume Four
1997Best Of Raw • Volume Four
1997

WWE One Night Only
1997WWE One Night Only
1997

ECW/WWA Battle of the Belts
1993ECW/WWA Battle of the Belts
1993

SMW Superbowl of Wrestling
1995SMW Superbowl of Wrestling
1995

WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow 2026
2026WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow 2026
2026