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.
Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling Presents: Extreme Takeover Thursday
Thrasher · (2 episodes)
2020

It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
Thrasher
2015
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Thrasher
2012
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
JCW Legends and Icons
2011

WWE WrestleMania 2000
Headbanger Thrasher
2000

WWE Armageddon 1999
Thrasher
1999

WWE Survivor Series 1999
Headbanger Thrasher
1999

WWE SmackDown
Thrasher · (2 episodes)
1999

Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
Headbanger Thrasher
1998

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
Thrasher
1998

WWE Capital Carnage
Thrasher
1998

WWE Survivor Series 1998
Thrasher
1998

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Headbanger Thrasher
1998

WWE SummerSlam 1998
Headbanger Thrasher (Appearance)
1998

WWE Heat
Thrasher · (3 episodes)
1998

WWE King of the Ring 1998
Thrasher
1998

WWE WrestleMania XIV
Headbanger Thrasher
1998

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

WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Headbanger Thrasher
1998

WWE Survivor Series 1997
Thrash
1997

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Headbanger Thrasher
1997

WWE One Night Only
Thrasher
1997

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Headbanger Thrasher
1997

WWE King of the Ring 1997
Headbanger Thrasher (Preshow)
1997

Best Of Raw • Volume Four
Thrasher
1997

WWE WrestleMania 13
Thrash
1997

WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
Thrasher
1997

Box of Moonlight
Saddam Insane
1996

SMW Superbowl of Wrestling
Headbanger Thrasher
1995

ECW/WWA Battle of the Belts
The Spider
1993

Raw
Spider #2 · (1 episode)
1993

Raw
The Head Banger · (1 episode)
1993

Raw
Glen Ruth · (4 episodes)
1993

Raw
Thrasher · (27 episodes)
1993

Raw
The Head Bangers · (17 episodes)
1993

Raw
Headbanger Thrasher · (1 episode)
1993

WWF Wrestling Challenge
Glen Ruth · (3 episodes)
1986