User blog comment:Water Dragon Slayer/DREAM BATTLE CHRONICLES: SECOND MATCH!/@comment-4829046-20130724065721/@comment-7418318-20130725080438

That snake man was completely chanceless against Itachi and Sasuke has already surpassed his elder brother. And Naruto is at least on the same level as Sasuke, probably even more powerful (and certainly faster, since Naruto managed to dodge a full-speed charge by the Raikage).

So in order for Orochimaru to becoming a threat again he'd need a serious powerup, like getting his hands on the Juubi, or more likely one or two of the Bijuu after the Juubi is again split into the nine tailed beasts (or rather seven, since Kurama and the hachibi aren't part of it).