So after three weeks of drama, shocks, Fallon Sherrock's history-making exploits and a damp squib retirement of a legend, it all ends with a 10th major final between Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright on New Year's Day.
The three-time champion, who is hoping to retain the Sid Waddell Trophy for the first time in his career, has won all the previous nine, including the climax of the 2014 edition, but he hasn't hit top gear yet and there'll be plenty of fans expecting Snakebite to run him close.
Here, you can find a whole host of stats, head-to-head records, routes to the final and my match verdict, while you can also look back on the tournament results and previous finals.
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
If Peter Wright is to finally win the biggest prize in darts then he'll have to do something else he's never done before - beat Michael van Gerwen in a major final.
The 2017 UK Open champion has lost all nine of their previous battles with a prestigious title on the line, dating back to their first in the 2014 Ally Pally final, and he's also suffered heartache in three of his other four to Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and most recently Gerwyn Price at the Grand Slam of Darts.
Precious few darts fans - if any - would therefore begrudge Snakebite reaching the pinnacle of the sport at the age of 49 but you just have to wonder if all the battle scars he's suffered at the hands of MVG will be too much to overcome.
Especially given the manner of many of the nine.
The climax of the Premier League in 2017 was particularly galling after missing six match darts while he'd also marginally lost back-to-back World Series of Darts Finals 11-10 (2015) and 11-10 (2016).
History then repeated itself in this year's Champions League of Darts final when he blew a 10-7 lead and also spurned three title darts to lose 11-10.
That meant MVG completed the 'Green Sweep' of major PDC titles at the age of just 30 and there's just no stopping his desire to win even more.
However, Wright can at least draw some confidence from the fact he has won two European Tour finals against MVG - albeit both in 2017 - and he has enjoyed a superb last six months as a whole by landing four titles and also setting the highest average for a broadcast match.
Van Gerwen has obviously fared better this season and his recent triumph over Gerwyn Price at the Players Championship Finals notched up his 51st individual career TV title.
It was also his fourth TV crown in just over a month having also triumphed in the World Grand Prix, Champions League and World Series of Darts Finals while it's was also his eighth of 2019 following his successes at the Masters, Premier League, Melbourne Masters and New Zealand Masters.
ROUTES TO THE FINAL & TOURNAMENT STATS
Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
TOURNAMENT STATS (MVG first)
If Peter Wright goes on to win this title, he'll no doubt point to his remarkable recovery against Noel Malicdem in his first match that made it all possible.
Starring defeat in the face he needed to take out 302 in six darts and completed the job with a stunning 140 checkout with his opponent waiting on 42 for the match.
Fate? Destiny? Sporting Gods? Who knows, but he's had to make the most of that brilliance - not least in the remainder of that game - to get this far.
He was absolutely fantastic with a PB world championship average of 105.86 against Luke Humphries and threw four more 100+ checkouts, including a 170 and a 161, to take his tally to 13 for the tournament.
He added another two during a heated 6-3 victory over Gerwyn Price in which the post-match debate was dominated by the lack of a handshake and the Iceman's "OTT" reaction (his words) to Snakebite attempting to engage in some light-hearted banter after winning the first set.
Thankfully the pair have now made up, with Price apologising for his behaviour and also sharing a genuinely comical exchange they've had on WhatsApp so hopefully we can all move on and focus on this final.
As far as MVG is concerned, you may have forgotten but he threw the first of the tournament's eight 170 checkouts on opening night and that's about as dramatic as it's got for him.