Glen Ruth

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Glen Ruth
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Glen Ruth Frankie Favorite Sister Angelica The Spider Spider #2 The Spider Thrash Thrasher
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Born	June 13 Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey
Trained by	Larry Sharpe
Debut	1991
Retired	2002

Glen Ruth (born June 13) is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Thrasher.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Personal life
5 External links

[edit] Career

Ruth trained under Larry Sharpe and debuted in 1991 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 Charles Warrington, Ruth's future tag team partner. Ruth made a number of appearances for the World Wrestling Federation in the early 90s, competing under his given name as an enhancement talent.

Ruth is best known for his appearances with the WWF in the late 90s, where he formed a successful tag team, The Headbangers, with Charles Warrington (Mosh). The Headbangers, a pair of metal fans, were known for their outrageous costumes, which usually featured long plaid skirts. 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.

The Headbangers split in 1999 when Ruth suffered a leg injury and Warrington began pursuing a singles career, but reformed in late 1999.

In 2000, Ruth took part in the match for the Hardcore Championship at WrestleMania 2000. He held the title for 45 seconds, pinning Joey Abs and then being pinned by Pete Gas. Ruth was released from the WWF later that year. After his release from the WWF, Ruth continued to wrestle until 2002 in independent promotions before retiring from professional wrestling.