With two days left until WrestleMania, I'm sure that World Wrestling Entertainment would love nothing more than to get die-hard wrestling fans talking and excited about Sunday's big event.

Instead, the company faces the fallout of reports that Brock Lesnar - one of its youngest and most popular superstars - will end his wrestling career after his much-hyped match with Bill Goldberg.

How ironic is that? All this time the web was hammered with speculation that Goldberg himself was going to make an exit after WrestleMania, and along comes news that Brock gave his resignation to Vince McMahon on Tuesday and announced it to his co-workers backstage. The wrestler once known as 'The Next Big Thing,' was reportedly burned out by WWE's hectic travel schedule which has seen him join the crew for shows in places as far away as South Africa and Iraq in the past few months.

The news has drawn out a wide range of reactions and emotions from wrestling fans:

The first reaction: Who's going to win the match?

At one end of the ring, you have Brock who is allegedly going off to the greener pastures of the NFL come Monday. At the other end, you have a guy who may also be stepping out on the back end of a reported one-year contract that ends after Sunday night's event.

To take a quote from liveaudiowrestling.com writer John Pollock, it's safe to say that no main event has had this much backstage controversy going into it since Michaels and Bret from the 1997 Survivor Series. This time you have two guys who are planning for this Sunday to be their last match with the company.

If the reports of Brock's and Goldberg's departure are true, this could go down as the most controversial WrestleMania match of all-time. Who does Vince McMahon put over: the guy going exit stage left or the guy leaving exit stage right?

My answer - Who cares? For the first time in years, WWE has successfully booked a match where by default, the outcome will be completely unpredictable.

Not bad for a bout that most people predicted would be a seven-minute squash (hey, it still could be). Just sit back and enjoy it.

The second reaction: Brock's walking out on us.

There has been a lot of undeserved heat on poor Brock for leaving WWE, which culminated with rabid New York fans shouting 'quitter' at the WrestleMania news conference Thursday.

If Brock really is leaving because of the hectic work schedule, who are we as wrestling fans to complain? You have to tip your hat to this young man for making such a big - and courageous - decision.

There is a lot of sex appeal that comes with being a celebrity like a top-level WWE superstar. The paychecks and royalties are beyond your wildest dreams, you get to see the world three times over, and you have the love and respect of fans wherever you go.

But little do most fans know, there is a heavy price to pay for such fame and fortune. The shows we see live and on television may be pre-determined and orchestrated, but the athleticism, pain and brutal lifestyle that comes with it are very real.

The aspect of athleticism and pain have always been well documented. Where the actual lifestyle is concerned, a memorable 2002 feature following Winnipeg's Chris Jericho on CTV's W-5 revealed another relatively unknown aspect of the business - the work schedule. Loving to perform and loving to entertain is one thing, but the hard knocks and bumps can pale in comparison to not seeing your friends and family for weeks or months at a time.

Touring with WWE isn't summer camp, ladies and gentlemen. As most will recall from that television feature, Jericho was driving his own car (no limo as most people expect) from Milwaukee to Chicago in the middle of the night. He was very frank and honest about the travel, saying that he doesn't get time off and that he's pretty much on the road all year long. As an 'independent contractor' with WWE, he is also responsible for paying for his own travel. Unless your last name is McMahon, you're not going to be jetting everywhere you go. You're logging in long hours behind the wheel for 40 to 50 weeks of the year doing almost 200 shows.

That being said, is it WWE's fault for having such a hectic work and travel schedule? Not really. Clowns, elephants, lions, tigers and acrobats have been doing it under a tent for more than a century.

Granted, it's easy for any young fan to say this would be the dream life to live. But let's remember that most of these stars have friends, wives, husbands and children. They have real lives, and being on the road for such long periods of time can have a negative effect on such lives.

Kudos to Brock for making the decision to quit now rather than mail in half-assed efforts as the months or years go by.

The third reaction: How could Brock Lesnar walk out on the company after all they've done for him?

Brock doesn't owe anyone anything. In his brief, two-year stint the 26-year-old has given us nothing but memorable matches and moments. Who could forget his impressive array of squashes when he debuted? His victories over such stars as Hulk Hogan, The Rock, The Undertaker and Kurt Angle? How about 'ring-breaking' suplex with Big Show last summer?

At his young age, the only direction Brock could go was up. He was nowhere near the point of his career where he should be passing the torch to someone else. If anything, Brock's absence will pave the way for other stars to grab the spotlight.

The only thing Brock owes us is a Shooting Star Press, and that should come on Sunday night.

All the best to you for the future, Brock. And if life outside of wrestling doesn't quite work out, I think it's safe to say you can always come back.

For TSN.ca/wrestling, I'm K-Dogg from the Spanish Announce Table. Enjoy WrestleMania, everyone.

Getting my mind back on this topic. . . for the moment. . . at any rate. . . >.>;; K-Dogg officially has my respect. ^^ Brock does deserve to do what he wants and every fan who is complaining now is the same immature, self-centered FOOL that complained (or easily accepted it) when

1) Rock left the WWE to do movies

or

2) Austin left the WWE with absolutely no warning.

Ok. You take the fans that complain that Brock is leaving when Austin left two years ago with ABSOLUTELY no warning. He just got on a plane home and was gone. Like that. Brock at least gave us a couple week's warning. These are the same fans that pretty much marked out when Austin returned. The least we can do is respect Brock for what he did during those two years. And if people can't, then I say screw 'em. Best of luck to Brock, and I may tune in to the NFL randomly to see how he's doing.