Smackdown audience, WWE sets title match, Interviews with Rhea/HHH, assorted wrestling press, Dark matches announced, ECW alum retires, Dynamite segment set, and Questions on Charlotte being unbeatable, wrestling in the Divas era, NJPW working with Impact, WWE returning with crowds, WWE COVID testing, and WWE letting others into the PC

Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.09 million viewers, a slight boost from last week on the post-Backlash show.

Smackdown has added AJ Styles vs. Drew Gulak for the Intercontinental Championship.

Rhea Ripley spoke to Australia's Wide World of Sports.

NFL's James Conner wants The Rock to play him in a movie. There's a bit of an age difference there...

WWE is holding a roundtable to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society during Raw.

The Owen Hart Foundation is releasing more Owen t-shirts through Pro Wrestling Tees.

Giant Baba now has a Pro Wrestling Tees store.

Dark has added:
- Orange Cassidy vs. Peter Avalon
- Shawn Spears vs. Pineapple Pete
- Jurassic Express vs. Luther, Serpentico, and Max Caster
- Lance Archer vs. Griff Garrison
- Mel vs. Kilynn King
- Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss vs. John Silver and Alex Reynolds
- Christopher Daniels and Scorpio Sky vs. Musa and David Ali
- Scorpio Sky vs. Lee Johnson

ECW alum CW Anderson has announced his retirement from wrestling. He was being used in NWA before COVID-19.

Dynamite has added Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy "facing off" before Fyter Fest. This is a big spotlight for Cassidy.

Triple H spoke about his history with The Undertaker:
- I'd love to see Undertaker involved behind-the-scenes like Hunter is.

- The HHH/Undertaker/Michaels saga was done well.

- Good to see AJ held in such high regard.

- It does have to be a very different feeling to work WrestleMania in a boneyard.

- Good perspective on working with different "versions" of Undertaker.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It would definitely benefit her to have a rival at her level. I think Shayna Baszler could be that person with Becky out.

2. There were definitely wrestlers who could have done more if there was a bigger focus on women's wrestling then. Of course, WWE mostly hired people who didn't have wrestling backgrounds, so it's a lower percentage than today.

3. It doesn't look to be in the works. NJPW is already working with ROH, and I expect they want to continue doing so based on the plans for Supercard this year. The long-term plan seems to be regularly running the U.S. with no partner promotion.

4. I'd absolutely start with smaller TV tapings rather than trying to have a massive event.

5. Not at all. WWE hasn't been as thorough with actual COVID-19 testing, but they have taken checks of everyone coming into the building.

6. WWE wants bigger, fresh crowds while they're stuck in the Performance Center, and that's much less of a hassle than having the general public attend.

More wrestling tomorrow.