“And I wanted to make mention of new United States Champion Austin Theory. Unfortunately for him, his career was dead two weeks ago, (now) it's resurrected, so that's a pretty good feat for him. He's gonna walk on water next, it's gonna be good. ” – these words, spoken by WWE's Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, not only served as a pretty sweet burn on all of the fans, pundits, and writers who declared Austin Theory's Money in the Bank cash-in not only the worst in the contract's history but also a certified burial, but also detailed just how strange the career trajectory of “A-Town's Finest” has been since Vince McMahon retired from the company. One month he's getting jobbed out by Tyson Fury, then next he's beating up Dolph Ziggler, then he's failing to cash-in his contract, and now he's suddenly back on top with another title reign to his name.

Is Theory back in Levesque's good graces? Did he ever leave Levesque's good graces? Or is his professional handling of the situation what put him in Levesque's favor in the first place, as the former 14-time champion did have to suffer through the ramifications of “The Curtain Call” for nothing more than a goodbye hug between long-time friends?

Either way, Theory is back on top, he'll be on RAW all of the time with both Bobby Lashley and Seth Rollins nipping at his heels, and immediately after his win, he had a lot to say to Cathey Kelley in the backstage area of the TD Garden.

Theory isn't bringing modesty to the WWE Universe in his second US Title reign.

When asked about what it was like to not only redeem his failed Money in the Bank cash-in attempt but actually take the belt off of Seth Rollins on his 10th anniversary of debuting in the WWE – which technically isn’t true but hey, why let the facts get in the way of a great story? – by Kelley, Theory delivered his immediate reactions after arguably the most important match of his professional wrestling career.

“Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins and  Bobby Lashley are both two former World Champions, Austin Theory walked in there tonight and beat both of them,” Theory said. “Call it what you want, but I call it a win and the whole world knows now. Me, Austin Theory, a two-time United States Champion. But now where do we go? The now is right now, and it’s very clear, and I’ve said it for the past few weeks, it’s reality. So anybody who wants to step up is getting sent home; I don’t play games no more. No smiles, but what there is is action and I can do this all day, and anyone who wants to go around, I put them down. A-Town down.”

So what gives? Is this an example of hot potato booking, with Theory now serving as the fourth title holder since July, or is “The Youngest Two-Time United States Champion in WWE history” about to go on a long and expansive run through the RAW roster on the way to establishing himself as one of the brightest young stars in the company? Either way, Levesque made his choice, swerved a healthy segment of the WWE Universe into thinking he was down on the 25-year-old multi-hyphenate, and now gets to sit back and watch works run around trying to figure out what comes next. Like it or not, that's an effective bait and switch.