Using character histories and motivations as blueprints to add to canon isn't as sexy as tearing down canon and replacing it with your own outlandish...
I still can't believe we're going from 'mutants mine the multiverse for mysterium' to 'Gambit goes back to the bayou'. Even if this is to lay the MCU...
In context, he's implying that one of the higher ups (In this case Triple H) was trying to tarnish his reputation by having his streak get surpassed...