A/N: Here's the first chapter! Sorry it took me a bit to get this up. I'll explain at the end of the chapter and will also be giving a few shoutouts too.

Stay tuned and enjoy!

It was the day the Archangel Daniel Dalton was scheduled to make his return to the Main Roster after years and years away and wrestling fans around the world were excited for his return. Monday Night shows have been hyping and previewing his return since his final NXT match two months ago and many knew it would be on the Raw just right after Wrestlemania. It wasn't just the fans either. Everybody in the whole locker room was awaiting his return with much anticipation. Most of them hadn't seen Dan since his departure several years ago and missed their boy; some had been waiting to see him here since working with him at NXT or the Performance Center; and some could not wait to meet the one they've seen and/or heard so much about.

As for the returning star himself, he was feeling extremely antsy as he headed for the stadium. He was sure to get there significantly early in order to catch up with everyone, get ready for tonight, talk with Triple H, etc. For such a long time, he worked hard to get back to this big point in his life, and it was finally happening. Being back in familiar territories, in front of the large crowds, seeing old friends, meeting new ones; it was all so surreal for him. Not to mention, what tonight was set to be the start of. One way or another, tonight was only the beginning, a whole new great beginning.

He arrived at the stadium around noon, knowing that should give him enough time for everything. He passed through security and pulled in to the stadium's garage. Once the car was parked and switched off, he exited the vehicle with his bags in hand and made his way through the stadium. He had to remind himself to breathe as the anticipation and butterflies in his stomach only increased. Dan strolled through the large hallways, greeting a few backstage people as he passed, and about halfway to the Men's Locker Room, he was met by the main man himself, Triple H.

"Benjamin!" The COO cheered upon seeing the returning youngster.

"Your majesty!" He grinned with a slight laugh.

"Welcome back to Monday Night Raw, kid!"

They excitedly shook hands.

"Thankyou, although I still kinda wish it was Smackdown" he half-grinned.

"Yea, yea, keep moving, smartass"

Ben chuckled as he continued walking alongside his boss.

"How are you feeling?" Triple H asked as they walked.

"I'm feeling.... so many things right now" he nervous laughed.

"Yea, well, you look ready. You definitely look ready"

"I appreciate that, and it is good to be back. I've missed this a lot"

Triple H smiled from hearing that pleasant news.

"And since we're here and brought it up, could we go over exactly how my big comeback is gonna go?"

"Oh, we'll have plenty of time for that later, trust me. For now, you just need to get used to being back here and enjoy seeing everyone who's been waiting"

That brought up a thought in Benjamin's mind that made him glance around with furrowed eyebrows.

"Speaking of which, where is everyone? Am I that early or did the apocalypse happen or what?" He asked as they approached the Men's Dressing Room.

"Everything's fine, kid" Triple H laughed. "There all right in here"

He gave the company owner a suspicious look, only to be urged to open the door. He glanced between him and the door before hesitantly opening it. He slowly entered with much nervousness, and couldn't believe what he was met with.

"SURPRISE!!!"

All his old friends and current friends alike cheered from their boy returning. He grinned in overwhelming joy and he saw all the faces he had missed so dearly with a hanging overhead sign above them that read,

"Welcome back Ben!!!"

He grinned even wider from seeing that they still enjoyed calling him by his real name. He stepped into the large room and was met by a wall of handshakes, fist bumps, and hugs. Some even lifted him up and swung him around, excited to finally be reunited with their buddy.

"Welcome back, mate!" Drew McIntyre, who of course was one to swing him around and freak him out, greeted.

"Alright, alright, it's good to see you too man and damn you are looking better than ever!"

"You know it!"

Ben then switched his attention to the Celtic Warrior right next to the Scotsman.

"Welcome back, young lad!"

"Sheamus! Still rockin' the hair!"

"Yea, but yours is even redder than mine now"

"Well, mine's fancier" Ben joked and the others laughed.

He then spotted three other gentlemen he was ecstatic to see.

"NEW DAY!"

"Sup, little man! You lookin' good!" Kofi spoke first.

"Right back at ya, champ! You one of the big boys now and you two looking to join the club yourselves!"

"Oh, we're just waiting for you to catch up to us" Big E grinned.

"Count on it, big man. I'm on my way; and Creed! You know now that I'm back, you're gonna hafta include me on your channel"

"Any time you want. Welcome back, little dude"

They shared a bro hug before Ben continued through the group, then moving to Bayley.

"Hey, dude" she smiled.

"Howdy!"

They shared a hug, of course, before she responded.

"Glad you could join us"

"So am I"

Ricochet then chimed in.

"It took you long enough"

"Well hey, I'm here now" Ben replied with another bro-hug for his old NXT pal. "Great to have you with"

"You too, bro"

Then, somebody else cut in.

"And I'm glad I could be here to see this" the veteran superstar proudly stated.

"Uncle Jeff! In the same industry as me again! I can't believe this" he happily said as he shared a reunion hug with one his long-time mentors.

"I missed you too, kid, and Matt is really sorry he couldn't make it"

"Nah, I can call him later"

"Yea, and hopefully, they can make up for it"

Jeff Hardy pointed towards two others approaching from the corner. These two men were John Cena and Daniel Bryan.

"Yo! Big brotha John!" Ben happily walked up to his big brotherly figure. "I did not think you'd be here!"

"And miss this? Not a chance!"

"Ha! Well, thanks for being here" Ben hugged the multi-time champ before turning to Bryan, who he was also real close with for the past decade.

"Yo, Bryan! Here we are again! Look at you!" He cheered as they also hugged.

"It's great to see you too, Ben" he grinned.

"I can't believe we're both back and active again. This is great!"

"Yea and maybe we'll get to face off again. How bout that?"

"Oh, you know that's gonna happen. It's not even a question of if, it's when" he grew eager as Bryan continued laughing, but had the same eagerness.

"Thankyou guys! Thankyou all for doing this. I was not expecting it and it's great"

"Well hey, we've missed you, kid, and we're happy to have you back" John spoke on the room's behalf and everyone applauded and cheered happily.

Meanwhile, the Goddess herself, Alexa Bliss, was riding along with Nikki Cross as they headed for the stadium. Tonight was the night Nikki returned to action after a few months away and Alexa also had her first match in a while.

"You nervous?" Alexa almost laughed after glancing over at her former tag team partner.

"Are you not?" They both giggled.

"You'll do great. It's about time you struck out on your own" The Goddess smiled with promise.

"Thanks, Lexi. I can't wait to see how you fair from this point forward"

She smiled thankfully before receiving a text. She brought her phone out to see it was from Bayley, laughing upon reading it.

"What is it?" Nikki asked.

"Bayley's mad at us for missing Dan Dalton's Welcome Back Party. I'll message her back"

"I've never met him, seems nice though; and he's a great fan of ours if I remember correctly"

"Yea, he is, real sweet too. I've been waiting to meet him for a long time" Alexa eagerly smiled as she put her phone away.

Nikki glanced at her with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

"You sound pretty eager. Am I detecting a crush?"

Alexa scoffed in disbelief.

"Ok, I said he's sweet and I'll admit, good looking, but so are a lot of people"

"A lotta people don't bring out that look in ur eye, and that's saying a lot right there"

Alexa just shook her head with a scoffing sigh, not believing the turn this conversation took.

"Just keep driving, weirdo"

"Ok" Nikki giggled under her breath. "I can't wait to meet him either though. He does seem cool"

Alexa smiled in agreement, her thoughts delving into what it'll be like to finally meet the young star she's heard, and seen, so much about. To her, he did seem really cool and felt excited.

Back at the party, Benjamin/Daniel was still talking with some of his friends until somebody decided to introduce himself.

"So, this is the one I've been hearing so much about?"

Benjamin turned to see someone he had been waiting to meet for most of his life.

"AJ Styles" he grinned before politely excusing himself from the group. "I cannot tell you how long I've waited for this"

"Right back at ya. Welcome back, young sir"

They shook hands excitedly.

"Thankyou"

Their hands separated and Ben was still grinning like an idiot, not believing this was happening.

"Wow, I can't believe this. I've been a fan of yours since you were TNA tag champs with Tomko way back"

AJ briefly laughed.

"Now that brings back memories. I still remember hearing about some crazy kid with a mohawk tearing up the indie scene"

"Oh my God" They both laughed.

"Hey, it was quite an impression"

"As many have told me"

They chuckled again.

"Well hey, I'm just as honored as you are right now" AJ noted.

"Thanks, that means a lot to me" Dan nodded with much flattery.

"And since we're in the same company now, you lookin' to step in the ring with me?"

"You even need to ask?"

They both laughed again.

"I'll be lookin' forward to it" AJ nodded.

"Same here" Ben agreed.

They shook one last time before going their separate ways. Ben kept fanboy-smiling as he returned to his friends, all loving the excitement he displayed.

Afterwards, Triple H came in to inform everyone it was time to start getting ready. This allowed for him to pick up on his earlier discussion with Ben. They stepped outside the dressing room to discuss how his comeback would go down. Once that was settled, the COO had something else he wanted to discuss with him.

"There's one other thing; I've noticed you and Ricochet are still pretty close"

"Yea, he's been almost like a brother to me. Kinda like John is, but in a different way"

"Well, that's great to hear, 'cause I actually have something in mind for you two"

Daniel shot up his brow with intrigue.

"Really? Let's hear it"

"Well, I'm really looking to build both of you up this year and you two seem like you would be perfect for playing off each other's energy"

Dan already knew where this was heading.

"Lemme guess, you wanna put us in a tag team together to help build each other up"

"Not right away, but maybe after this first couple of months on your own; and if everything works out properly, we'll probably throw Jeff in for a veteran's touch and making it a real, full on united faction"

Now this seemed like one hell of an idea. The Archangel was absolutely loving this, already seeing the three of them together conquering all on Raw. What a beautiful, brilliantly perfect idea this was to be.

However, Ben couldn't help but be a little smart-alecky with him.

"You sure you're not just wanting to keep me down as a stupid tag team wrestler?"

Triple H's manor quickly turned irritable.

"Psst! I'm kidding! I think that's awesome! I can't wait honestly"

Triple H rolled his eyes with a shaking head and laughing grin.

"It's nice to see you haven't lost your sense of humor"

"What can I say? I like to keep everyone on their toes" he and the COO laughed again. "But seriously, thankyou, that really is cool and it's gonna be great"

Hunter proudly and eagerly smiled.

"In fact, I also wanted to say thanks for making sure I got to keep full control of my character, means the world to me"

"Hey, if I let anyone else decide how you would be in the ring, that would be a travesty"

"Amen" he laughed as they shook hands again.

"Alright, you better go get ready now. A lotta people gonna be here just to see you and we don't wanna disappoint"

"Yes sir!"

He happily jogged back to start prepping for tonight. Monday Night Raw after Wrestlemania was always huge and he was looking to be the biggest part of it.

Ben suited himself up in his usual, classic attire that consisted of the following; fingerless wrestling gloves with the straps around the wrists, shorts similar to what the Usos wore before their street clothing (A/N: if anyone knows what they're called or the name of their texture or whatnot, please tell me) that stop right above the knees with angel wings on them, light wrestling boots accompanied by knee pads that also have wings, not to mention the lightweight knee brace around his left leg, and of course, Dan's face paint. The colors of his outfit always varied for different reasons, but he decided black and white would be the best for tonight. Throw in the long white trench coat with the wings on the back and his attire was complete. Dan stood in front of the mirror, feeling himself go into his character and feeling in the zone now. He was ready to go.

"Welcome back, Daniel Dalton"

Raw was about to kick off and Dan went to look at the schedule for tonight's event. He knew it would likely be at least an hour into the show before he went out and as predicted, it would be an hour in a half total, halfway through the show before he did. It was perfectly reasonable and Dan smirked with eagerness now that he knew his moment to shine. Every second that drew closer to his much anticipated return was a second he was about to jump out of his shoes. He took in a deep breath and blew it out as he turned back to look for the guys he would be working with tonight. He had to at least try and keep it together until his big moment arrived.

As he turned a corner, he suddenly bumped into someone.

"Woah, my God!" Dan briefly panicked.

"I'm so sorry!" The person he bumped into laughed.

However, both stopped when they noticed who they were.

It was none other than Alexa Bliss herself.

Dan had shown great support for her over social media in the past, which she always noticed and greatly appreciated, and he was now finally face to face with her in person. Just when he thought this night couldn't get any crazier. Not to mention, she had one of her cute outfits on, which she looked absolutely stunning in.

As for Alexa, finally getting to meet this young man for the first time, especially with him in his full wrestling gear, his dyed hair, and his face paint, it was quite a breathtaking moment for her. Plus, she thought his paint brought out his eyes more.

An awkward second of silence went by before Dan excitedly grinned with a disbelieving scoff.

"Hi!" he managed to begin.

"Hi, nice to finally meet you" Alexa grinned back while shaking his hand.

"Likewise"

It was right after that when Dan noticed who was standing right next to Alexa.

"And Nikki Cross! Nice to finally meet you too"

"Thankya and welcome back"

They shook hands as well.

"Thanks, and welcome back to you too. It's been way too long since you've been in the ring"

She smiled gratefully.

"Wow, I can't believe I'm finally meeting you two. This is so huge for me"

"This is huge for us too. We've wanted to thank you in person for all your support for so long" Alexa nicely noted.

"Hey, I've been waiting to do the same, especially since you made that sweet message for me way back after I had my breakdown"

Alexa blushed as she hadn't even thought about that, nor did she ever realize he knew about the supportive message she wrote all those years ago.

"I never knew you saw that"

"Yea, just... too chicken to respond to it" he shamefully admitted, which Alexa thought was cute.

"But since we brought it up, it really was something how you spoke about your own history with mental health struggles to help me with mine. It meant a lot to me, really"

Alexa blushed even more, praying to God that neither one of them would notice, from knowing how she reached him.

"Well, I'm glad I could help, and it's great to see you back"

"Thanks, it's already been crazy enough today"

"Well, crazy's what we do, right?" Alexa smirked and Dan looked at her with shocked impression.

"You just used one of my lines"

The Goddess innocently shrugged before they giggled with agreement.

"But yes, it is, as you both know quite well" Both ladies nodded proudly and Ben giggled again.

"Well, good luck to you both tonight, glad we finally got to meet, and I'll be seeing the both of you around"

He shook hands with them one last time and they thanked him and agreed before going their separate ways. Nikki Cross couldn't help but give Alexa the look as they walked.

"What?" Alexa asked and Nikki shot up her brow with a smirk, earning a laughing scoff from her friend. "Ok, he's really sweet and... I'll admit, he's pretty cute too" Nikki squealed with laughter.

Fast forward to much later in the night and the show had been a nonstop spectacle, just as the Raw after Wrestlemania should be. All the while, the crowd was still awaiting the return of The Archangel and were growing increasingly ruckus by the second. The video teasers showing that he would return tonight only skyrocketed their excitement and eagerness.

Unfortunately, they would first have to sit through something they weren't so eager for: another edition of MizTV.

The Miz and John Morrison, who were the current Raw Tag Team Champions, sat in their movie set chairs while wearing one of their fancy suits and sunglasses. As for tonight's guest, it would be none other than the charismatic enigma, Jeff Hardy.

Of course, Miz had to start things out by proclaiming he was cancelling Daniel Dalton's return because it wasn't nearly as important as his own great big talk show. After rambling on endlessly for a minute, Jeff Hardy decided he wasn't waiting anymore. No More Words sounded off and the audience rose from their seats with enormous cheers. He made his entrance with the U.S. Title belt around his waist, which he won at Wrestlemania last night, and made his way to the ring with much congratulatory support from the fans. Jeff gave his thanks to the crowd before taking his seat across the tag team champs. As for the reason he was invited onto the show, it seemed that Miz got the impression that since they were all champs and veterans of the sport, that they should form their own unison. Obviously, Jeff wasn't interested, and got the impression they just wanted to leech off his success and image to better their own. Afterwards, The Miz revealed a little arrangement he made in case of this response. It was then when Sheamus, who lost the title in that Fatal Four-Way match last night that Jeff won, appeared out of nowhere to jump Jeff from behind. The crowd booed as Sheamus continued to exact his revenge with Miz and Morrison cheering on.

Until....

*LIGHTS GO OUT*

The ruckus returned as the crowd knew who this had to be.

"What the....?!" Tom Phillips said from the commentary table.

"Oh my God, is this who I think it is?!" Asked Bryon Saxton.

"I think it might" Corey answered.

After a moment of anticipation, a dim white light appeared from the stage, accompanied by white smoke and the kind of heavenly vocalization Shawn Michaels had at his Wrestlemania 25 entrance. Everyone just stopped and stared as they awaited the arrival of whoever this was to be.

Then suddenly, a hooded figure slowly rose from the stage with cheers arising as well. The mystery guest rose as high as he could before the music stopped, replaced by the energetic hollering of the stadium. He just stood there as still as a statue for a moment, only heightening the suspense, until a familiar song began to play.

The roof went off the building as the figure brought up his hands, queuing the fireworks around before the big dramatic bang that led to him yanking down the hood and revealing himself.

Daniel Dalton was back.

With eyes narrowed and a wide grin displayed, Daniel's eyes darted straight towards the ring before glancing all around through the stadium. Everywhere he looked, people were cheering, ecstatic to see him back, holding up signs welcoming him back, and letting him know how much they missed him. They almost brought tears to Dan's eyes, but he had to keep it together. This was only stage 1 of his comeback. He kept looking through the crowd to show his appreciation and let them know he missed them too.

However, once his eyes fell back on the ring, seeing Sheamus standing over his knocked down idol, the grin quickly faded.

Before anyone could fathom what was happening, Dan began marching towards the ring at a threateningly quick pace. Miz and Morrison were quick to leave the ring as Sheamus dared the returning star to step in the ring. The Archangel moved quickly before sliding into the ring and swiftly sliding under a Brogue-Kick from Sheamus. Dalton then quickly bounced back to his feet, running backwards to launch himself off the ropes, then nailed Sheamus with his finishing move, The Arkham Faith-Breaker.

The Celtic Warrior was sent tumbling and rolling right out the ring as Daniel returned to his feet, shouting in triumph and excitement as the crowd roared.

It wasn't to last as an angry Miz attempted to sneak up on the one who ruined his show. Daniel turned just in time to duck under the clothesline he attempted before countering with a spinning heel-kick, knocking The Miz down. John Morrison attempted to assist his partner and best pal, but ran into a series of kicks and forearm shots that were too quick to defend against. Then, after a jumping knee strike, Morrison was also sent rolling out the ring.

The Miz once again tried to get a taste of revenge, but was stopped by Jeff Hardy when he spun him around and landed a Twist-of-Fate.

Now, all three heels were out the ring and the crowd continued letting the two heroes have their much-deserved praise. Hardy also thanked his rescuer with a bro-handshake, also leaning in to welcome him back to the big leagues. Daniel Dalton glanced around as the crowd continued chanting his nickname and "Welcome Back." This was every bit of the welcoming comeback Daniel had hoped for. Everything felt right once again. He felt back at home.

Right then and there, Daniel picked up a microphone and with a wide grin displayed, stated loud and proud what would get the loudest pop of that night:

"The Archangel... is back home!"

A/N: Thankyou all for reading! Lemme know how this first chapter was and stay tuned for more. I will also be putting up the first chapter of my other Wrestling fic tomorrow! Please check that out as well.

Again, so sorry this got here late. Still doing quite a lot and can't promise updates will be quick but I'll try not to make them slow either because that would suck lol.

Now, for shoutouts!

First off, I'd like to give another to Freedom_Fighter24 for making the AMAZING cover. Second goes to another good pal I've grown close to through here Logan-Kenway for introducing my OC in his book, A Moment of Bliss (if I got that wrong, forgive and correct me please) before this book was even up so much love to you bro. Next goes to Lokis03277 for including my OC in his Gotham's Reaper and Face of Fear 2 stories and lastly to AlexJohnson539 for doing the same in his Anna Jay and Britt Baker stories.

Please give these guys much love as well as their stories, take care of yourselves, stay tuned for more and have a wonderful day/night!