Crusher (disambiguation)
# Crusher (disambiguation)

A crusher is a machine designed to reduce large solid chunks of raw material into smaller ones.

Crusher or The Crusher may also refer to:

## People

* "Crusher", nickname of Noel Cleal (born 1958), Australian former rugby league footballer
* "Crusher Yurkof", early ring name for professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow (1961–2007)
* Jerry Blackwell (1949–1995), American professional wrestler known as "Crusher Blackwell"
* Judith Collins (born 1959), New Zealand politician and lawyer known as "Crusher Collins"
* "Krusher Khruschev", early ring name for professional wrestler Barry Darsow (born 1959)
* "Crusher Bloomfield" and "Crusher Gray", early ring names for professional wrestler One Man Gang (born George Gray in 1960)
* The Crusher (wrestler), ring name of Reginald Lisowski, a former professional wrestler
* Steve Casey (1908–1987), Irish rower and professional wrestler known as "Crusher Casey"
* Yusuke Kawaguchi (born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
* Connor Michalek (2005–2014), professional wrestling fan nicknamed "The Crusher"

## Fictional characters

* Absorbing Man (Carl "Crusher" Creel), a Marvel Comics villain
* Crusher, the name of an Earth-element character in Skylanders: Giants
* Beverly Crusher, Jack Crusher, and Wesley Crusher, in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and in some cases the related films
* Crusher, a recurring character in TV show The Simpsons
* Crusher (comics), three Marvel Comics villains
* Crusher Joe, science fiction light novels by Haruka Takachiho (also exist as an animated film)
* Crusher, or Moses, in the anime series Beyblade: see BEGA League
* Milburn or "Crusher", in the British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine
* Crusher, a recurring sometimes antagonistic character from Blaze and the Monster Machines

## Music

* The Crusher (album), a 2001 album by melodic death metal band Amon Amarth
* "The Crusher", a song by Dee Dee King
* "The Crusher", a song by The Novas about the wrestler.
* "The Crusher", a song by the Ramones from Adios Amigos

## Sports teams

### Canada

* Orangeville Crushers, a former Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Orangeville, Ontario
* Pictou County Crushers, a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
* Shallow Lake Crushers, a senior hockey team based out of Shallow Lake, Ontario

### United States

* Connecticut Crushers, a women's American football team based in Hartford, Connecticut
* Lake Erie Crushers, a Frontier League professional baseball team based in Avon, Ohio
* Sonoma County Crushers, a former minor league baseball team in California

### Elsewhere

* Caithness Crushers, a Scottish rugby league team based in Thurso
* South Queensland Crushers, an Australian rugby league team

## Other uses

* Crusher (robot), a military robot vehicle
* The Crusher (1917 film), an American silent film
* A potato masher, or crusher
