1984 saw Southeastern go through several changes as far as lead heels, managers, and even good guys. 1984 was also the year that Arn Anderson came into his own and Ron Fuller introduced the newly created Continental Heavyweight Championship to the area.

As 1984 began the lead manager for Southeastern was Sonny King. King was no stranger to the fans as he had competed here before for Gulf Coast. This was however his first run in Southeastern as a manger. Sonny had quite an array of varied talent in his stable throughout his tenure in the promotion. Honky Tonk Man Wayne Farris, Boris Zuhkov, The Head Hunters, and the team of Jerry Stubbs & Arn Anderson all came under the guidance of Sonny King. King would be replaced by longtime area bad guy and manager Billy Spears during the Spring of ’84. An angle was done on television between the two managers whereas Spears made an offer to King’s stable at the time consisting on Zuhkov, Stubbs, and Anderson. After two weeks of making the offer, the three men accepted and helped Spears beat up King on Southeastern television. Spears would remain the lead heel manager in the area through the Summer of ’84. Stubbs, Anderson, Zuhkov, and Tommy Gilbert made up the Spears Family.

The Southeastern Tag Titles saw a better year as far as tag teams were concerned than 1983 when the Midnight Express were mostly defending against single competitors than were put together as a team. As the year began the titles were vacant. The team of Arn Anderson & Jerry Stubbs won a one night tournament defeating Jimmy Golden & Jacques Rougeau in the finals in Montgomery, Alabama. Stubbs & Anderson immediately began feuding with perennial Southeastern Tag Champs Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden. When Robert Fuller left the area during an injury angle, Jimmy Golden went into the singles division and the next team to step up to the plate was Ron Fuller & Bob Armstrong. Now any fan of Southeastern, or those that have been reading the articles here at Kayfabe Memories, realize that Ron Fuller and Bob Armstrong CAN NOT be on the same side of the fence, and this time was no different. Bob and Ron had reconciled their feud of 1983, only to see the reverse happen and during a Southeastern Tag Title match against Stubbs & Anderson, Ron turned heel on Bob rekindling their longtime feud once again.  More...