Thrasher (wrestler)

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Thrasher
Mosh (left) and Thrasher (right)
Birth nameGlenn Ruth
Born (1969-06-13) June 13, 1969 (age 54)[1]
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.[2][3]
Children4
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Frankie Favorite
Glenn Ruth
Guardian #2
The Royal Spider[2]
Sister Angelica[4]
The Spider
Spider #2
Thrasher[1]
Billed height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[2]
Billed weight245 lb (111 kg)[2]
Trained byLarry Sharpe[2][3]
Debut1990[2]

Glenn Ruth (born June 13, 1969) is an American

World Wrestling Federation between 1990 and 2000, where he held the WWF World Tag Team Championship and WWF Hardcore Championship.[2][3][1]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1990–1996)

Ruth grew up in

Eastern Championship Wrestling. In 1994, he started teaming up with Chaz Warrington as the Spiders working in the independent circuit in New Jersey and Texas. They made a few appearances for Extreme Championship Wrestling in June 1994. In 1995 they moved down to Tennessee for Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW). It was there that they changed their gimmicks to the Headbangers. Their slogan was "Real men wear skirts." Ruth became Thrasher and Warrington became Mosh. In December 1995 Smokey Mountain folded and they joined the United States Wrestling Association
(USWA).

World Wrestling Federation (1990, 1991–1993, 1995, 1996–2000)

Ruth debuted in the World Wrestling Federation in August 1990 under his real name losing to Rick Rude. He wrestled several matches for the promotion until leaving in November 1990, making several appearances on WWF Superstars and WWF Wrestling Challenge.[2]

Ruth made a number of appearances for the

The Steiner Brothers
.

In December 1995, they debuted as jobbers in the WWF as the Spiders, the Royal Spiders, the Arachnoids, and even used their real names. On an episode of Monday Night Raw they got a World Tag Team Title shot against the Smoking Gunns. They returned to the USWA.

Wrestling as "The Spiders", Thrasher and Mosh returned to the WWF on the September 24, 1996, episode of WWF Superstars, losing to

The Smoking Gunns. In November 1996, they resumed wrestling as "The Headbangers". At the outset of 1997, The Headbangers briefly began wearing nun outfits and wrestling as "The Flying Nuns" and "The Sisters of Love", with Thrasher wrestling as "Sister Angelica" and Mosh as "Mother Smucker". They were briefly managed by Brother Love.[2][4]

The Headbangers captured the vacant

The Godwinns
on October 5 of that same year.

The Headbangers split in January 1999 when Ruth suffered a knee injury and Warrington began pursuing a singles career, but reformed in late 1999 on the October 10 edition of

brassieres
which they wore while they wrestled.

In 2000, Ruth took part in the match for the

Pete Gas. After the Headbangers split for the second time in that July and Warrington went on to team with D'Lo Brown, Ruth continued to wrestle in singles competition mainly on WWF Jakked/Metal before being sent to WWF's Memphis Championship Wrestling
developmental territory that summer. He was released from the WWF in December 2000.

Independent circuit (2000–2003)

After his release from the WWF, Ruth continued to wrestle until 2003 for

Maryland Championship Wrestling
and independent promotions before retiring from professional wrestling.

Ring of Honor and return to the independent circuit (2011–present)

In 2011, The Headbangers reformed and have been wrestling on the independent circuit once again. In June 2012, Thrasher and Mosh debuted in Ring of Honor as The Guardians of Truth, a masked tag team managed by Truth Martini. As of 2014, Thrasher now wrestles for independent promotion Championship Wrestling Entertainment in Port St. Lucie, FL. On November 14, 2014, Thrasher defeated Chico Adams to become the CWE Heavyweight Champion.

Return to World Wrestling Entertainment (2016)

Thrasher and Mosh made an unannounced return to the WWE (formerly WWF) on the 30 August 2016 episode of

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship. They made two further appearances on SmackDown in November 2016.[2]

Other media

Alongside Mosh, he appears as Thrasher in WWE 2K24 as downloadable content.[5]

Personal life

Ruth is married with four children.[3]

Upon retiring from professional wrestling in 2002, Ruth began working in restaurant management and marketing.[3] Ruth is currently an Area Supervisor for Papa John's in Boynton Beach, Florida.

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Philip Kreikenbohm. "Thrasher". Cagematch.net. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Ryan Murphy (June 1, 2010). "Where Are They Now? The Headbangers". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7821-2691-4
    .
  5. ^ 2K Games. "WWE2K24 - SEASON PASS IS BACK". WWE 2K. Retrieved 27 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "AWE Hardcore Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2017-07-09.
  7. ^ "ARW Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2019-03-28.
  8. ^ "FEW Halloween Fallout". CageMatch.
  9. ^ "FEW Autumn Brawl 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2020-11-09.
  10. ^ "HWA Tag Team Title History". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  11. Maryland Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original
    on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
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  13. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  14. ^ "The Headbangers' first reign". WWE. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  15. ^ "WFC WrestleMayhem". CageMatch.

External links

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