NEW YORK — Hucksters make their living ahead of the curve, or at the very least, by selling that illusion.

So there was something satisfying about watching pro wrestling czar Vince McMahon being forced to come clean, if only this once.

"Steroids may or may not have had anything to do with this," he acknowledged Thursday during an interview on the "Today" show concerning the murder-suicide of one-time WWE star Chris Benoit, his wife and son. "It's all speculation until the toxicology reports come back."