The 19th season of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” ended Thursday, Nov. 20 with Tamra Judge and Gretchen Rossi inside the octagon in a no-holds-barred battle to the death.

Reality TV death, that is — no housewives were harmed in the filming of this third and final reunion show. Well, at least not physically, because at times it was emotionally brutal.

This was the housewives’ version of Joe Frazier versus Muhammad Ali in the Thrilla in Manila 50 years ago this year.

Tamra is Frazier, relentlessly on the attack, with a devastating verbal jab that could shatter a housewife’s glass ego. That leaves Gretchen as Ali, rope-a-doping just out of Tamra’s reach, wearing her down until she can lure her into a fatal mistake.

Shannon Storms Beador, left, with Gretchen Rossi on “The Rea

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