Richard Taras (born 6 July 1964) is a Canadian professional wrestler who is known as Leatherface and spent his career in Western Canada, Winnipeg, Mexico and Japan.
[4] He also worked for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Maritimes, the Central States, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
In 1988, he was the last to win the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship with Stevie Ray before the promotion folded.
In 1993 Patterson became Leatherface in Japan for W*ING and tied it in with the villain of the same name from the movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre a gimmick given by Víctor Quiñones.
[7] On May 3, 2000, Leatherface defeated Juggernaut for the ECCW Hardcore Championship in British Columbia making it Patterson's only singles title.