Glen Ruth Glenn Ruth ( June 13 , 1969 ) 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 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 . They lost the titles to The Godwinns on October 5 of that same year . The Headbangers split in 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 Sunday Night Heat when Ruth came to Warrington ' s aid during a domestic violence angle , which saw him vilified by other wrestlers and officials alike for a number of weeks . Ruth had presented video footage of Warrington ' s ( kayfabe ) girlfriend Marianna Komlos putting on makeup to make it seem as if Warrington had been abusing her , The police officers arresting Warrington then uncuffed him and arrested Komlos for her lies . Shortly thereafter the two began appearing regularly as a team again , but were now heels and inexplicably came to the ring wearing cone brassieres which they wore while they wrestled . In 2000 , Ruth took part in the match for the Hardcore Championship at WrestleMania 2000 . He held the title for 37 seconds , pinning Joey Abs and then being pinned by Pete Gas . After the Headbangers split for the second time and Warrington went on to team with D ' Lo Brown , Ruth continued to wrestle in singles competition mainly on WWE Jakked and was released from the WWF later that year . Independent circuit . After his release from the WWF , Ruth continued to wrestle until 2002 in independent promotions before retiring from professional wrestling . 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 . Thrasher and Mosh were defeated by the Briscoe Brothers . Personal life . Ruth is married with five children . Upon retiring from professional wrestling in 2002 , Ruth began working in restaurant management and marketing .