title: Crusher (disambiguation)
text: # 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
  